I am running SolidWorks 2012 and am having problems running a fatigue analysis study. When I click to add a fatigue event, an error message pops up saying I need one or more static, nolinear or linear dynamic to perform Fatigue Analysis. Any tips to get around this error?
do you have a static, nonlinear or linear dynamic analysis to use in your fatigue? the basis of the fatigue analysis is one of those studies. there should be a tutorial on this in the tutorials section and also should be covered in the help.
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/SolidWorks/cworks/Performing_Fatigue_Analysis.htm
I believe so, I looked at all the tutorials to no avail. I guess I dont know what exactly needs to be done for a static, nonlinear or linear dynamic analysis. My team is building a baja frame for competition and have already completed static analysis on the frame. Is that what fulfills the static analysis?
Hi Bryan: Yes Jared is correct. You need at least one study which functions as the 'basis' for the fatigue. Your static study should be available in the fatigue drop-down to use for the basis. Then, tell it how many cycles and the type of cycling (fully reversed loading, one-sided loading, ratio loading, etc.). When you run the fatigue, it will cycle the static stress results from the "base" study.
is your frame all beams? i'm pretty sure fatigue doens't support beams
maybe just to get started, i'd suggest trying just a block that is meshed with solids and setup like a cantilever beam.
Hey guys,
Sorry I was away for a couple days so Im just looking at your replies now. I believe Jared is right. None of the suggestions got me away from the error, and when I performed a fatigue study on a simple cantilever it worked perfectly. So it appears SolidWorks just cannot handle beams in fatigue analysis? Not really sure why they would be handeled differently from a standard rectangular beam.
| 524049 | Enhance solver to allow fatigue calculation based on beam analysis. |
currently just a limitation
Can you please explain how to do this?
it can't be done with beam elements, has to be done with solids
Enhance solver to allow fatigue calculation based on beam analysis.
currently just a limitation