| UK company nCode used the Automotive Testing Exhibition in Stuttgart in May to launch what it claims is a “next generation” fatigue analysis system.
DesignLife integrates CAE and test for durability engineering, enabling users to predict fatigue hotspots faster and to predict product lifespan.
Peter Heyes of nCode says the demand within the automotive industry for faster development cycles is putting the pressure on CAE: “We’ve got customers who are going from CAD designs to complete assessment of vehicle attributes within four or five weeks now,” he said.
The DesignLife system has been designed for both general users and for fatigue specialists, and uses an advanced graphical interface to show exactly what is going on in the analysis.
It allows experienced users to intelligently reduce complex areas of a design for more detailed analysis, performing multiple analyses in a single run or linking into external programs for custom analysis such as design optimisation.
Heyes says the system has been designed to capture specialist knowledge so that non-specialist users can pick up processes developed by others.
It works with most of the leading finite element cores, enabling exchange of data with systems such as Nastran, Ansys and Abaqus. DesignLife also works inside nCode’s own ICE-flow system which integrates data acquisition, handling and process management in a web environment.
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