AUTODESK claims its Algor Simulation customers on subscription will receive Fatigue Wizard, a software to guide designers and engineers through complex fatigue analysis.
According to Autodesk, Fatigue Wizard is an add-on to the Autodesk Algor Simulation line of products, which utilises a wizard interface for ease of use.
Autodesk says fatigue analysis is vital for products like steel rails, beams, girders and rotating stepped shafts that can experience mechanical failure under repeated or varying loads.
The Fatigue Wizard software helps to predict fatigue-based failure, allowing users to design for durability by subjecting a product to cyclic stresses to determine its endurance limit and increase safety.
Fatigue Wizard users can choose between stress- and strain-based analysis types; specify material information using an extensive, editable database; enter data to simulate real-world conditions, such as local stress concentrations and surface-finish effects; and more.