With machines running in some of the harshest environments in the world, heavy equipment is arguably the most demanding type of vehicle to design from the perspectives of structural integrity and durability. Fatigue and cyclic load testing for heavy equipment is important, as one of the primary reasons for component failure is fatigue accumulated over the long run.
Hear from Siemens business development managers Safak Has and Sebastian Flock as they present innovative simulation solutions for heavy equipment structural integrity and durability engineering.
Predict mechanical fatigue early in heavy equipment design
Durability assessments allow engineers to predict mechanical fatigue early in heavy equipment design and enable significant acceleration of fatigue tests. 3D graphical visualizations identify hotspots, illustrating how stress levels on specific points of the component vary over time. Discover how you can develop the capability to predict design flaws far earlier than had previously been possible.
Structural integrity analysis
Structural integrity analysis is the simulation starting point. When a component assembly is being tested, the best 3D simulation solutions associate the computer-aided design (CAD) and CAE tools. Testing with simulation is the key as it enables you to measure the immeasurable. By tightly bonding the test and simulation stages in a real-time approach, heavy equipment manufacturers can reduce uncertainties in the model where testing and simulation work together in a constant loop.
You will learn how to:
- Acquire real-world machine loads under real usage
- Gain a precise understanding of load
- Take into account local customer and market habits, as well as machine usage loading
- Predict virtual machine loads long before the prototype is available
- Predict the impact of material, geometry and welding on strength & materials fatigue
- Balance conflicting targets such as weight, and strength and durability performance
You might also be interested in:
- White paper → Heavy equipment durability and structural integrity
- On-demand webinar → Simulating heavy equipment durability
- On-demand webinar → Increase your durability engineering insight by deploying measurement campaigns in extreme environments
Meet the speakers:
Safak Has
Business Development Manager for Heavy Equipment, Automotive and Transportation Testing Siemens Digital Industries Software
Sebastian Flock
Business Development Manager for Heavy Equipment, Automotive and Transportation Simulation Siemens Digital Industries Software
