#FileType= problem #Fatigue problem description type standard file #DataType= raw # This line has little meaning right now # # # SAE format for a Fatigue Problem Description standard file format # Exchange File Format. The objective of this standard is to # provide a simple common way to exchange fatigue problem descriptions # and to send them to standard processing sites for analysis. (Oct.99) # # Any line that begins with a # sign is a comment line, or an identifier # line. Blank lines can also be inserted anywhere, but are better preceded # by a # in column one. (Some programs seem to treat blank lines differently) # # Certain lines that begin with a #SYMBOL= VALUE have special meanings # that can be decoded by the receiving program, e.g.: # #NAME= FEA Results for finite element no. 123456 #NAME= Uses the FDE sample Rainflow history #NAME= Uses one of the sample FDE Materials data sets # #Like all fatigue problems, this description is in three sections: # # 1 ----------- M A T E R I A L Descriptions ---------------------------------- #Material= web= http://fde.uwaterloo.ca/Fde/Materials/Titan/Ti6al4v/ti6al4v_Smith.html # #The above line points to an Open or Public data set. # #Alternatively we could also specify the material with the usual half-dozen parameters: # #Material= properties= 376. 179. 302.5 0.1514 294.7 -0.1041 0.8413 -0.6877 16984. ksi #Which means Bhn Sult K' n' FSCoef FSexp FDCoef FDexp Mod Units # TI6AL4V 112 # # # Or the material description could be in the form of Digital Curves: #Material= digital= http://fde.uwaterloo.ca/Fde/Materials/Titan/Ti6al4v/ti6al4v_Smith.digs.html # or #Material= digital= BEGIN DATA # # enter data here..... (the format is undecided at this time) # # # # 2. ------------ E L A S T I C Hot Spot Analysis Descriptions ------------------- # # From a Kt approach, or and Finite Element Analysis you will probably obtain and estimate of # The maximum and minimum stresses caused by all the loads. Enter them here: # #Smax= 100. MPa #Smin= -90. MPa # # # # # 3. ----------- L O A D History Descriptions -------------------------------- # #Load_History= Web= http://fde.uwaterloo.ca/Fde/Loads/saerain.html # # or one could specify the whole thing "on the spot": # #Load_History= BEGIN DATA 0.103E+04 232. 1 748. -284. 826. 232. 1 645. -181. 877. 258. 1 697. -181. 51.6 -103. 17 -77.4 -129. 103. -77.4 5 -25.8 -129. 155. -51.6 3 25.8 -129. 206. -25.8 1 77.4 -129. 258. 0.305E-04 2 129. -129. # # for example. # # When you hit the "SUBMIT " button at the top of the page, the whole file will # be processed by the remote Calc site and you should get back some # life prediction information.