{"id":35034,"date":"2019-04-29T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fatigue-analysis-with-non-constant-amplitude-load\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:20:59","slug":"fatigue-analysis-with-non-constant-amplitude-load","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fatigue-analysis-with-non-constant-amplitude-load\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatigue analysis with non constant amplitude load"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m performing a fatigue analysis with the following load:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/3bce60dd-f6ef-4df6-aefa-aa3c00ee5334\/4dacd54e-d5ac-4f44-9001-aa3e011b03eb_1.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I have defined Infinite Life as 10^6 cycles and 1 block as 1 cycle, as&nbsp;shown below:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/3bce60dd-f6ef-4df6-aefa-aa3c00ee5334\/4c3d250f-693d-405b-8f5e-aa3e011b9521_1.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, when I get results, the maximun life obtained (infinite life) is not corresponding with 10^6 cycles as I defined previously, inifinite life is shown with a value of 1171 cycles (I don&acute;t know why 1171). I mean, once I obtain 1171 cycles in a zone of my component, even decreasing loading, the result of life keeps constant, instead of keep growing until 10^6 (which I defined infinite life).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Someone has any idea what&#8217;s happening?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-35034","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["7206"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["727"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["35034"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","164940"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["84287"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["84287"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-05-01 21:51:47"]},"test":"waltbeach"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/35034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/35034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}