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Altair SimSolid User Guide
Altair SimSolid User Guide

2025.1
Index
  1. Home
  2. Create Analysis

    Create an analysis for your project.

  3. Fatigue

    Fatigue analysis is intended for predicting life of structures under cyclic loading.

  • Welcome
  • What's New

    View new features for SimSolid 2025.1.

  • Get Started

    Learn the basics and discover the workspace.

  • Tutorials

    Discover SimSolid functionality with interactive tutorials.

  • Interface with External Products

    Interfaces that support SimSolid output file format.

  • Geometry

    Information about treatment and properties of geometric entities in SimSolid.

  • Assembly

    Summary of available functionality for defining the properties and behavior of parts in the model.

  • Connections

    Connections are used to define the association of different regions of interest between parts in an assembly.

  • Create Analysis

    Create an analysis for your project.

    • Structural

    • Modal

    • Dynamics

      Evaluate your design in real-time using SimSolid dynamics analysis.

    • Thermal

      Thermal analysis predicts how thermal effects propagate through the model. Steady state and thermal transient analyses are supported.

    • Fatigue

      Fatigue analysis is intended for predicting life of structures under cyclic loading.

      • Fatigue Theory

        Background information on Fatigue analysis in SimSolid.

      • Import Loadcase-channel Map

        Import a loadcase-channel map file to import all the channels defined in the file and create appropriate events.

      • Import Channels

        Import channels which define load amplitude changes in time.

      • Review Channels

        Review channels in a group.

      • Create Event

        Create an event consisting of channels and load cases.

      • Import Sequences

        Import a file to automatically create load case sequences.

      • Create Sequence

        Create a sequence with load cases for the fatigue analysis.

    • Supported Analysis Combinations

  • Boundary Conditions

    Boundary Conditions available for SimSolid.

  • Post Processing

    Run analyses and view a variety of results in SimSolid.

  • Design Study

    Design studies allow you to quickly evaluate and compare the structural performance from different design scenarios.

  • Verification Problems

    Solved verification models.

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    This section provides quick responses to typical and frequently asked questions regarding

Fatigue

Fatigue analysis is intended for predicting life of structures under cyclic loading.

Related Tutorials
  • SS-T: 4090 SN Time Fatigue
  • SS-T: 4100 SN Time - Import Loadcase - Channel Mapping
  • SS-T: 4110 SN Sequential Fatigue
  • SS-T: 4120: SN Sequential - Import Sequences
  • Fatigue Theory
    Background information on Fatigue analysis in SimSolid.
  • Import Loadcase-channel Map
    Import a loadcase-channel map file to import all the channels defined in the file and create appropriate events.
  • Import Channels
    Import channels which define load amplitude changes in time.
  • Review Channels
    Review channels in a group.
  • Create Event
    Create an event consisting of channels and load cases.
  • Import Sequences
    Import a file to automatically create load case sequences.
  • Create Sequence
    Create a sequence with load cases for the fatigue analysis.
See Also
  • View Parts Ranked by Response
  • Strain-life (EN) Fatigue Video
  • Seam Weld Fatigue Video

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