Creating a Fatigue Study and its Properties

You define a fatigue study and set its properties.

1. Right-click on any Simulation study tab and select Create New Simulation Study.
2. In the PropertyManager:
   1. Under Type, select Fatigue .
   2. Under Name, type TopFace.
   3. Click .
   The program creates the TopFace study tab.
3. In the TopFace study tree, right-click TopFace and select Properties.
4. In the Fatigue dialog box, do the following:
   1. In the Constant amplitude event interaction box, click No Interaction.
   2. In the Shell face box, ensure Top is selected.
   3. In the Computing alternating stress using box, click Equivalent stress (von Mises).
   4. In the Fatigue strength reduction factor (Kf) box, type 0.9.
   5. Click OK.