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Fatigue analysis of riveted plates

Fatigue analysis of riveted plates

Fatigue analysis of riveted plates

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Hi,
Im a bit of a novice of ansys and am trying to run a fatigue analysis of two thin plates connected by a rivet. I have a meshed model but am unsure which parts i need to fill in under the 'calulate fatigue' tab to get it to work. When i try the number of cycles till destruction comes out incredibly high so i must still be making a mistake somewhere.
If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Thanks
-Alan

RE: Fatigue analysis of riveted plates

You may need to describe your problem more clearly to get an answer. For example, are you working in ANSYS workbench or Ansys Classic?

How high is incredibly high? 500 million?

What loads have you applied to the plates?

Where have you constrained the plates?

How have you modeled the rivet?

Why not start with a problem you can solve by hand and then validate using ANSYS. That is usually the best way to tackle learning how to do a particular application of FEA.

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