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by PART Engineering

Overview

S-Life FKM is a static and fatigue strength software for the assessment of FEA results according to the FKM guideline.

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S-Life FKM is a software that enables an easy and automatic assessment of FEM simulation results according to the German FKM guideline. The software is used as a postprocessor. With S-Life FKM at the push of a button the computed stresses will be processed in such a way that an assessment of the static and fatigue strength according to the FKM guideline is carried out. The scope of application is restricted to steel, cast iron and aluminum materials. As result of the assessment the static and cyclic utilization ratios will be displayed as contour plot.

About PART Engineering

PART Engineering provides CAE software and services in the scope of FEA. Our mission is to enable our customers to gain more value from their FE simulations and to make their CAE processes more efficient. With regard to that from our years of experience in CAE we have developed software products, such as CONVERSE to meet the needs of CAE engineers – creating reliable results by using simple and robust applications.

S-Life FKM is available through the Altair Partner Alliance.

“We use S-Life to evaluate our FE analyses of generator rotors. The intuitive and fast handling reduces considerably our evaluation and documentation effort.”

–Lukas Speckner, Computational Engineer
Stork Technical Services GmbH, Regensburg, Germany

Key Features & Benefits

Features

Altair H3D-, ABAQUS-, ANSYS-interface
Viewer for result evaluation
Integrated and extendable material database with more than 1500 grades
Automatic identification of critical load case combinations
Static and fatigue strength assessment for non-welded parts according to FKM guideline based on the concept of local strength
Output of static and cyclic utilization ratios as contour plot
Comprehensive reporting of nodal computation results according to FKM guideline
Consolidation of results from different FEA into single model

Benefits

Distinct strength assessment through systematic approach
Usage of plastic reserves through consideration of stress gradients
Comprehensive documentation of the results of the strength assessment through complete numerical report for the reference point
Significant time savings in comparison to manual assessment of individual node values
Prevention of faults through easy and automated usage
Easy identification of the critical hot spot through contour plot of the utilization ratios on the component surface
Significant time savings through automated determination of the critical load case combination if multiple loads are applied

图库

强度评估结果分步指引材料数据库：包括所有 FKM 代码匹配材料结果评估：例如，选择最关键点并显示其信息报告结果：在详细的结果报告中得出评估结论

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Industry Applications

All industries that develop metal components with requirements to the component's mechanical strength. This comprises but is not restricted to e.g. mechanical engineering, plant engineering, heavy machinery, energy and off-shore engineering, rail, defense.

Product Integrations

S-Life FKM integrates with OptiStruct and RADIOSS via H3D.