Sign-up for free online course on ANSYS simulations!This tip will use the Tensile Bar tutorial to demonstrate fatigue analysis in Mechanical. It is recommended to become familiar with the tensile bar tutorial before you proceed. Please download the workbench model here.
Procedure
The provided workbench file already has the solution for the problem. Restore the downloaded archive and double click on Engineering Data. In Engineering Data, click on Structural Steel and click on Alternating Stress Mean Stress.
The window on the right shows tabulated alternating stress for steel and its mean stress.
Verify that the Tensile Ultimate Strength is specified:
Click on Return to Project.
Double click on Model to launch ANSYS Mechanical. The boundary conditions have already been setup and the solution is provided.
Right click on Solution and insert Fatigue Tool.
Highlight Fatigue Tool and select Goodman for Mean Stress Theory.
There are a number of options from the fatigue tool you can choose to include in the analysis, choose them accordingly. For demonstration, only life, safety factor, and alternating stress will be evaluated. Right click on Fatigue tool and insert Life, Safety Factor, and Equivalent Alternating Stress.
Click on Solve to generate new results. Zoom in on the right side of the bar by right click and drag. The life and safety factor of an aluminum tensile bar subjected to a point load is shown below:
