HyperLife Overview

A comprehensive fatigue solutions framework.

HyperLife is an easy-to-learn fatigue analysis software developed on a solver-neutral framework. It provides a comprehensive tool set for durability analysis, directly interfacing with all the major finite element analysis (FEA) and multi-body dynamics (MBS) result files. With an embedded material library, HyperLife offers solutions for fatigue life predictions under static and transient loading across a wide range of industrial applications.

Benefits

  • Easy to learn and easy to use graphical interface to perform Fatigue Life predictions.
  • Solver neutral framework interfacing leading FEA results data.
  • Embedded material database.
  • Specialty module to perform simultaneous fatigue analysis on base material and welded joints according to numerous design codes and guidelines.*
  • Customizable environment to add new or in-house functionality.*

*Beta version in the 2019 release.

Options

Table 1.
Stress State Mean Stress Correction Plasticity
SN Uniaxial

Abs Max Principal
Max Principal
Signed von Mises
Critical Plane
Signed Max Shear

GOODMAN (Default)
GERBER
GERBER2
SODERBERG
FKM

NA
Multiaxial NA (Stress tensors are directly used)

GOODMAN - Tension damage model
FKM - Tension damage model
FINDLEY - Shear damage model

NA
EN Uniaxial

Abs Max Principal
Max Principal
Signed von Mises
Critical Plane
Signed Max Shear

Smith-Watson Topper (SWT)
MORROW
MORROW2

Neuber
Multiaxial NA (Stress tensors are directly used)

Smith-Watson Topper (SWT) - Tension damage model
Fatemi-Socie Model (FS) - Shear damage model
Brown-Miller Model (BM) - Shear damage model

Jiang's plasticity model - Non-proportional loading

Default: not exposed

Table 2.
Welds Method Mean Stress Correction Weld Elements Plasticity
Seam VOLVO

None (Default)
FKM

Shell elements NA
Spot RUPP

None (Default)
FKM

Cbar
Cbeam
Cweld
Chexa

NA