Technical Paper
An Integrated System for Durability and Reliability Synthesis Using iSIGHT and FE-Fatigue
2003-03-03
2003-01-1220
This paper describes a system developed to automate fatigue sensitivity and reliability analysis using design exploration software iSIGHT to drive FEA-based fatigue analysis software FE-Fatigue. By integrating codes into iSIGHT, repetitive tasks can be automated. However, for each application, the user must integrate his problem, define parameters and variations, choose synthesis methods, and post process results. By developing a special graphical user interface (GUI) for FE-Fatigue used within iSIGHT, the user does not have to manually integrate the process, improving productivity. More importantly, it allows engineers to focus on design, rather than repeated manual tasks.