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2014 SOLIDWORKS Help - Rainflow Cycle Counting Method
2014 SOLIDWORKS Help - Rainflow Cycle Counting Method
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Introduction
Rainflow Cycle Counting P ARENT TOPIC
Administration
Method Fatigue Analysis
User Interface
RELATED CONCEPTS
SolidWorks Fundamentals The Rainflow cycle counting method extracts
the composition of a variable amplitude load Definitions for Fatigue
Moving from 2D to 3D
history. The software implements the Stress Life Cycle (SN)
Assemblies
method as follows: Curve
CircuitWorks
1. Extract peaks and troughs from the load Fatigue Events
Configurations history.
Theory of Cumulative
SolidWorks Costing 2. Make the amplitudes of the first and last
Damage
data points the same by appending a
Design Checker data point if necessary. Multiple Fatigue Events
Design Studies in SolidWorks 3. Detect the highest peak and reorder the
data such that the highest peak Fatigue Plots
Detailing and Drawings becomes the first and last points.
Fatigue Check Plot
DFMXpress 4. Start counting the peaks as follows:
DriveWorksXpress a. Consider the first four peaks and RELATED TASKS
troughs ( 1, 2, 3, and 4). A Rainflow
FloXpress cycle is counted if the second Performing Fatigue
segment is vertically shorter than Analysis
Import and Export
the first and the third segments (i.e.
Model Display b is smaller than a and c). RELATED REFERENCE
Mold Design Fatigue Result Options
PropertyManager
Motion Studies
Matrix Charts
Parts and Features
Add Event (Variable)
Routing PropertyManager
Sheet Metal
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Analysis Background b. If a cycle is counted, the program
Linear Static Analysis starts from the beginning of the
record ignoring peaks that have
Frequency Analysis
already been counted. If no peak is
counted, the program checks the
Dynamic Analysis next group of peaks (peaks 2, 3, 4,
Linearized Buckling Analysis and 5) and the process continues.
At the end, each peak and each
Thermal Analysis trough corresponds to a Rainflow
cycle.
Nonlinear Static Analysis
c. Ignore and load cycles that are
Drop Test Studies below the percentage specified in
the properties of the study.
Fatigue Analysis
d. Divide the alternating and mean
Definitions for Fatigue stress ranges into the number of
Stress Life Cycle (SN) Curve bins specified in the properties of
the study. You can view the results
Performing Fatigue Analysis by viewing the Rainflow matrix
Fatigue Events chart.
Theory of Cumulative Damage
Application of the Rainflow
Multiple Fatigue Events
Cycle Counting Method
Rainflow Cycle Counting Method
Fatigue Plots Fast Fast counting is used when
Fatigue Result Options Counting the fatigue study refers to
PropertyManager one static study and has
Fatigue Check Plot
only one variableamplitude
event. In this case, the
Pressure Vessel Design Overview program extracts bins
directly from the original
Beams and Trusses
record. It then evaluates
2D Simplification the damage resulting from
each bin at each node and
Simulation Options calculates the accumulative
Simulation Studies
damage.
Full
Submodeling Studies When multiple variable
Analysis
Design Studies amplitude events are used, the
Workflow for Performing 2D program calculates the stresses
Simplification at each point in time for each
Composite Shells variableamplitude record at
Loads and Restraints every node. At each node, the
Meshing program combines the stresses
and extracts the Rainflow bins
Contact Analysis
that are then used to evaluate
Simulation Materials
the damage.
Parameters
Full analysis is also used when
Analysis Library Features
a variable amplitude record is
Viewing Analysis Results associated with more than one
Study Reports study with the different shifts or
Factor of Safety Check intervals.
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