Audience
Design engineers that want to perform simplified stress analysis and avoid under- or over-designing products by simulating actual loading conditions
About nCode DesignLife
nCode DesignLife is an up-front design tool that identifies critical locations and calculates realistic fatigue lives from leading finite element (FE) results for both metals and composites. Design engineers can go beyond performing simplified stress analysis and avoid under- or over-designing products by simulating actual loading conditions to avoid costly design changes. Product options containing functions for virtual shaker testing, fatigue of welds, vibration fatigue, crack growth detection, fatigue of composites, thermo-mechanical fatigue analysis. Advanced technology for multiaxial, welds, short-fibre composite, vibration, crack growth, thermo-mechanical fatigue. Intuitive, graphical interface for performing fatigue analysis from leading FEA results data, including ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus, Altair OptiStruct, LS-Dyna and others. Multi-threaded and distributed processing capabilities for processing large finite element models and complete usage schedules.
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HBK World
Founded: 1981
United Kingdom
www.hbkworld.com/en/products/software/analysis-simulation/durability/designlife-cae-fatigue-analysis
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nCode DesignLife Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does nCode DesignLife work with?
nCode DesignLife works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does nCode DesignLife support in their product?
nCode DesignLife supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does nCode DesignLife offer?
nCode DesignLife offers support via online.
Q: What type of training does nCode DesignLife provide?
nCode DesignLife provides training in the form of documentation and live online.
Q: Does nCode DesignLife offer a free trial?
Yes, nCode DesignLife offers a free trial.
