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HOW To Do A DETERMINISTIC FATIGUE ANALYSIS.
HOW TO - USING SACS 5.4
CONTENTS
4. Intreduetion — 1
2 Setting Up. wise
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23 Create Fangue wavevennion Hes. 2
28 Cakuite Darstorkatique Wares ‘
241 Goleuite Contre ot Wamage WAVE HEBME rosin mmmiinnsninmnnd
242 Greate Germre ot Damage Supeciemet oon ne
24:4 RunModal Anais wan Gente at Bamage Superdiement on
244 Camuatevars
22 Grete rangue tun nputtte — >
3. Running the Fatigue Analyses. i
Greate Gxt Hes
32 Combane SUF Hiastor Fotgue Lite Determnaten
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4. INTRODUCTION
Leterme tangue anayss nvoves spactyng many tatgue waves (several nengne tom eect
drocton), gonacanng coracpensing eres cyehe naaen ant arausrg height anc arctan
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2. SETTING UP
2.1 SACS Files Required
Hetore staring o setup deterministic tugue analysis, tne folowing tes wil be requred
1. Inplace analysis model tle (e.g. sacinp dat)
2, Sallprepemies tie (@¢. psinp.dat)
2.2 Greate Fatigue Model File
‘Atatgue model te with no Seastate naan is equred, order to apply he tatgue waves ana
@ resulting stresses n each jont trom each wave. Ini Tes creatad by folowing these
1. Save acopy ofthe Inplace le as tiinp dat
2, Open ins tle and remove te trst LOAL line and alines attar the ine, Ao, remove any
‘eastate and load case ines atthe startot ie he (such a6 LCSEL, HYDKU, UPAR
AMO AND LUOP) such that tne frst vo data ines of me tatgue model le an.) are
OPIIONS and SEU, Leave member & group avemdes, manne grown denintions an
in mis te (see bela).
Ing SACS Fangue Maule manual recommends incuaing LL in columns 18:20 ot the
(OP IIONS ine in carte condense aisinbutes lags and feauce the sze.t ne common
solution tie
44, Set me.arag ang mass costtoients in aoceraance wet the tatgue-speamne inoimation in
Cchewen Utsnore Inatlang Les Specinication 22.01 (envonmental Griana forthe Gur ot
Inallang), as shown balow:
2.3 Greate Fatigue Wave Definition Files
General, several (usually foun separate wave detniton tes are required m order to keep each
jon Hila b a manageable Sze. Hor example, win a ourlegges
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Plattom, each tatque wavs detnnion tlemay cantain wave data for two ofthe nant wave duections
‘and severalwave heights react ot nose to arections.
oreach wave naight ana arecton, tour oad eases (wale postions) enoula be dennea — mermum
base shar,minmum base shear,makimum ypit and maximum down torce.+rom these four wave
positons, the Fatigue module wil atermne tne maxamum possibia s¥ass range at each Jair (88
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2.4 Calculate DAFs fer Fatigue Waves
Hetore comeing ne etacts ot each me tavque waves, its naoassay fo cacuee a separate LA
ter 2ach1agu2 wave negra oan be sonere: By Using re angle cegree st Neeser DAL
‘quaton cianir Sacton 26.4 beow. Heweve, cue TD Ne ror~near nae ct sols, re netura
poradat ho envetreie opereart enthowave regi ueedte eovalaptne meaneo¥ pl eo
‘SUpeiaie ont JS00 I te Macalanaysis Fr aTaIgUe Enan/Ss, “he sUpotetement sr ou bs
‘anaratst tom = wave halghtaqialtatatatra cane ot camege tg aaah
2.4.1 Calculate Centre of Damage Wave Heiaht
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ct wt ute e sto, Hor aye eh, Ue atin a damage nowt Le exe as
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respestiay,itisacsumad tna: ress Is uted fowave naight as ale
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the aial pus tend stresses ot severa primary members under treaxton c waves otvareus
owe iat no sutent coad lance, ae)
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2 cach ant (sbred n a tnaty Common Solton Fe, blo rese stresses ca7 be corbin ant
the damage cvauates wan sna Fangie rosie,
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