Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Fatigue Analysis and Test Validation Reply To: Fatigue Analysis and Test Validation

danielshaw
Ansys Employee

No.  Fatigue results are hard to "prove", because there is wide variation in the test results.  You will never be able to correleate a fatigue simulation result with single test result.  You need to have a statistically significant set of tests and confirm that the simulation result is within the range of test results.