Does Ansys or only Ansys nCode use the critical plane approach?

- March 3, 2022 at 11:25 pm
  
  Flatter97xD
  Subscriber
  
  Hello,
  I'd like to have some more information about the software itself. I want to estimate the fatigue life (strain based) with multiaxial stresses using a critical plane approach.
  Does Ansys itself has the approach implemented or only Ansys nCode? Which specific critical plane approach is implemented and can the approach be modified? A manual of the theory would be very helpful.
  Thank you for your help!
- March 4, 2022 at 4:39 pm
  
  Dragana Jandric
  Forum Moderator
  
  Critical plane approach for stress combinations is available in nCode. Here are some snapshots from nCode documenation. I hope this helps.
- March 17, 2022 at 11:36 pm
  
  Flatter97xD
  Subscriber
  
  thank you very much for your answer, this was really helpful.
  Do you know if you can add user defined functions or approaches in ANSYS nCode?