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 Tutorials

1 Tutorial 1: Tension on a Plate with Hole ................................................................................................ 1-3

1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 1-3

1.1.1 Preparation .......................................................................................................................................................1-3

General FEA and analysis options ..............................................................................................................................1-4

Configure fe-safe/Rubber™.........................................................................................................................................1-4

Open the EnduricaMaterials_writable database ..........................................................................................................1-5

Load the fe-safe/RubberTM plug-in ...............................................................................................................................1-5

1.2 Opening the sample FE model ............................................................................................................................. 1-6

1.3 Exercise 1: fe-safe/RubberTM analysis with dataset sequence (no time dependence) ....................................... 1-12

Objective: ..................................................................................................................................................................1-12

Analysis process:.......................................................................................................................................................1-12

Method: .....................................................................................................................................................................1-13

1.4 Exercise 2: using Loading Definition and Loading Equivalence for Rubber ....................................................... 1-24

Objective: ..................................................................................................................................................................1-24

Preparation: ...............................................................................................................................................................1-24

Method: .....................................................................................................................................................................1-25

1.5 Exercise 3: Request Exports and Outputs for an element of interest ................................................................. 1-30

Objective: ..................................................................................................................................................................1-30

Preparation: ...............................................................................................................................................................1-30

Method: .....................................................................................................................................................................1-30

2 Tutorial 2: Time-dependent Analysis of a single element with Exports ................................................. 2-37

2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 2-37

2.1.1 Preparation .....................................................................................................................................................2-37

General FEA and analysis options ............................................................................................................................2-37

Open the EnduricaMaterials (writable copy) database ..............................................................................................2-37

Load the fe-safe/RubberTM plug-in .............................................................................................................................2-37

2.2 Opening the sample FE model ........................................................................................................................... 2-38

2.3 Exercise 1: fe-safe/RubberTM analysis with time-dependent effects ................................................................... 2-41

Objective: ..................................................................................................................................................................2-41

Analysis process:.......................................................................................................................................................2-41

Method: .....................................................................................................................................................................2-42

2.4 Exercise 2: Define temperature dependence with existing configurations.......................................................... 2-50

Objective: ..................................................................................................................................................................2-50

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 Method: ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2-50

2.5 Exercise 3: Define ozone dependence with existing configurations .................................................................... 2-52

Objective: .................................................................................................................................................................. 2-52

Method: ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2-52

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1 Tutorial 1: Tension on a Plate with Hole

1.1 Introduction
This tutorial outlines how to perform a standard rubber fatigue analysis using fe-safe/RubberTM.
This tutorial is based on the Abaqus ODB format:
<DataDir>\rubber\tensionwithhole*.odb

1.1.1 Preparation
The tutorial uses an Abaqus *.odb model. However, the same techniques can be applied to all FE formats for which
nominal strains and stresses can be reported.

This tutorial assumes that the user has experience using fe-safe, thus detailed information on how to set up an fe-
safe analysis is not included in this tutorial. Please see the fe-safe User Manual including fe-safe Tutorials for
details, for instance:

• Tutorial 106: Using fe-safe with Abaqus .odb files

Start fe-safe/RubberTM as described in the fe-safe User Manual. The Configure fe-safe Project Directory window
will be displayed:

Select an existing project, or create a new one from the welcome page

Figure 1-1

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 General FEA and analysis options

From the Menu bar select Tools >> Clear Data and Settings..., The Clear Data and Settings dialogue will appear as
shown in

Figure 1-2 below, by selecting all of the Project settings and the Re-set file dialogues setting (all but the Re-set user
settings checkbox). Click OK.

Figure 1-2 Clear Data and Settings

Configure fe-safe/Rubber™

This exercise must be completed with fe-safe using fe-safe/Rubber™ with the Endurica1.dll plug-in library. fe-safe
will only be installed with the fe-safe/Rubber™ plug-in as well as the EnduricaMaterials database, if the fe-
safe/Rubber option is selected in the installer configurations page. Please see the Installation and Licensing Guide
for details.

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 Open the EnduricaMaterials_writable database

If the EnduricaMaterials database isn’t shown in the Material Databases window, please select File >> Materials
>> Open Materials Database to browse to the User Directory <UserDir> and open the fe-safe/Rubber database
(EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase).

Figure 1-3 fe-safe/Rubber™ materials database

Load the fe-safe/RubberTM plug-in

From the Menu bar select Tools >> Load Plugin..., and browse to the Installation directory <InstallDir> to find the
Plugins subdirectory (/plugins). Select the fe-safe/Rubber™ Plug-in (Endurica1.dll) and click Open.

A Plug-in loaded dialogue will display. Click OK.

Figure 1-4

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1.2 Opening the sample FE model
The model for this tutorial is a thin rubber plate with a hole in the middle, as shown in Figure 1-5.

Figure 1-5 Example Finite Element Model

Encastre constraint is applied at the right, and a Y-direction displacement is applied for 1 second using 5
increments, at the node shown at the left. Displacement amplitude varies from 1 to 100 over 1 second (equally
spaced time points) using the signal shown in Figure 1-6.

Figure 1-6 Amplitude Displacement in the Y-direction

To open the model, select the menu item File >> FEA Solutions >> Open Finite Element Model... and browse to the
sample file tensionwithhole*.odb from the directory <DataDir>\rubber.

A prompt to pre-scan the file will be displayed. Click Yes.

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 The Select Datasets to Read dialogue will be displayed. Check the Quick select items for Stresses, Strains (NE) as
shown and click Apply to Dataset List to apply the selections. Ensure that all of the checkboxes for the stress and
strain symbols under each Increment are selected and select OK to load the datasets, as shown in Figure 1-7:

Figure 1-7 Select Datasets to Read

Note: Loading the model without pre-scanning may not load the required datasets.

As fe-safe loads the model, information about the file and the data it contains is written to the file:

<ModelDir>\reader.log.

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window.

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 When the model has finished loading, the Loaded FEA Models Properties dialogue box appears, as shown in
Figure 1-8.

Figure 1-8 Loaded FEA Models Properties

If the dialogue box does not appear automatically, then it can be displayed by right-clicking on the icon in the
Current FE Models window and selecting Properties.

Ensure that the stress, strain and temperature units are MPa, strain and deg.C, respectively, as shown in Figure
1-8, then click OK.

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 A dialogue will show prompting to edit element groups loaded from the model, as shown in Figure 1-9, click No.

Figure 1-9 Edit Group List dialogue

You will see the following message regarding zeroes in datasets, this is normal

Figure 1-10

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 A summary of the open model appears in the Current FE Models window, showing the loaded datasets and
element group information – see Figure 1-11.

Figure 1-11 Current FE Models

Note: if the window does not appear as shown above, then expand the tree view to show more details.

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 The model contains six stress datasets, six strain (NE) datasets. fe-safe also extracts element group information
from the ODB file.

When a new model is loaded, the output filename automatically defaults to:
<ResultsDir>\{source_file_name}Results.{source_file_extension}
which in this example is:
<ResultsDir>\tensionholewithResults.odb

If the correct number of datasets is not shown as above, use your right-mouse-button in the Current FE models
window to select Reload All Models as shown in Figure 1-12.

Figure 1-12 Use right-mouse-button to Reload All Models if needed

Click Yes as needed until the Select Datasets to Read dialogue is displayed as shown above.

Note: If the units of Stress, Strain and Temperature, do not appear as shown they can be changed by double-
clicking on the icon in the Current FE Models window and modifying Properties.

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1.3 Exercise 1: fe-safe/RubberTM analysis with dataset sequence (no time dependence)
This tutorial should be read in conjunction with the fe-safe User Guide and the fe-safe/RubberTM User Guide.

Objective:
To perform a rubber fatigue analysis based on a sequence of surface based centroidal stress and strain (NE)
solutions from FEA.

Each increment represents the hyperelastic stress and strain solutions from FEA. Each stress and strain dataset
corresponds to a time increment (each increment is 0.2 seconds).

Analysis process:
For each elemental centroidal position:

• The nominal strain (NE) and stress (S) are read from the FE model database into fe-safe.
• The loading history is configured according to the sequence of stress and strain datasets and the length in
seconds specified in Loading Settings
• The 6 components of the nominal strain tensor are calculated from the 3 in-plane nominal strain components,
and from the plane stress condition (e.g. the out of plane stress is exactly 0).
• A series of material planes is generated based on the plug-in setting for damage sphere variables phi and
theta. Subsequent calculations will be repeated on each material plane, in order to identify the critical plane.
• The local loading history is computed for each plane, giving the Cracking Energy Density as a function of time.
• A rainflow counting algorithm is then used to identify each individual cycle (e.g. peak and valley) contained
within the entire local loading history.
• A numerical integration of the crack growth rate law is made to determine the number of repeats (the life)
required to grow the initial flaw to its specified size at nucleation (see the fe-safe/RubberTM Theory manual).
As a part of the computation, the crack growth rate contributions of individual cycles are summed to obtain a
total rate of crack growth per repeat of the entire loading history. The initial and final flaw sizes, and all crack
growth properties were specified as a part of the material definition.
• Once the life has been computed for every material plane, then the minimum life is selected from among the
results and reported as the life of the individual item.
• Output File containing Log Life and fe-safe Results Log file containing analysis configurations are automatically
generated

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 Method:
Step 1: Define the loading:
The loading consists of a single fatigue loading block, cycling between the initial increment (Increment 0, stress
dataset 1 and strain dataset 2 at time t=0.0 s) through the fifth increment (Increment 5, stress dataset 11 and strain
dataset 12 at time t=1.0 s).

To define the loading:

• In the Current FE Models window, select any stress dataset:

Figure 1-13 Select a Stress Dataset

• Select the Loading Settings tab from the Fatigue from FEA dialogue to switch to the loading tree;

• Use your right-mouse-button to select Clear all loadings and click Yes as shown:

Figure 1-14 Clear all loadings

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 • Use the Add button in the Loading Settings window to select Add... >> Dataset:

Figure 1-15 Add a Dataset

• Click OK when prompted

• Double-click on the Stress Dataset and using your keyboard, type the sequence ‘1-11(2)’ without the ‘ symbols
to represent every second dataset from 1 to 11 (a sequence of stress datasets):

Figure 1-16 A sequence of stress datasets

This means 1 through 11 every second dataset enumerator, e.g. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, then 11.

• Use the enter key to apply the changes made with the Keyboard

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 • In the current FE Models window, select any strain dataset:

Figure 1-17 Select a Strain Dataset

• In the Loading Settings panel, right-click on the stress dataset and select Add dataset:

Figure 1-18 Add a Strain Dataset

• The strain dataset will appear as a branch in tree-view under the sequence of stress datasets.

• Double-click on the Strain Dataset and using your keyboard, type the sequence ‘2-12(2)’ without the ‘ symbols
to represent every second dataset from 2 to 12 (e.g. a sequence of strain datasets):

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 Figure 1-19 A sequence of Strain Datasets

• Use the enter key to apply the changes made with the Keyboard

Note: After adding a strain dataset to the Elastic Block, the block title will change to Elastic-Plastic Block, signifying
that stress and strain are used to define the stress-history and strain-history for fatigue loading. This is only a
naming convention, stresses and strains actually follow the stress-strain law the user implemented in FE.

• The defined loading appears in the Loading Settings panel, as shown below:

Figure 1-20 Finished sequence of stress and strain dataset pairs

Note: if the window does not appear as shown above, then expand the tree view to show more details. Time-
dependent effects are accounted for in the example, so time definition in the loading is not required.

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 • Select the Analysis Settings tab from the Fatigue from FEA dialogue to switch to the Analysis Settings panel:

Figure 1-21 Return to Analysis Settings

Step 1: Define the subgroup option:

For all fe-safe/Rubber analysis the Whole group setting on the Subgroup Selection should be used at all times:

• double-click the Subgroup column header to open the Subgroup Selection dialogue for all groups.

Figure 1-22 Subgroup definition

• select Whole group;

• click OK.

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 Step 2: Define the Surface Finish:
For all fe-safe/Rubber analysis the user-defined Kt value of 1 should be configured. This will ensure the effects of
surface finish aren’t applied to fe-safe/Rubber analyses.

• double-click the Surface column header to open the Surface Finish Definition dialogue for all groups:

Figure 1-23 Surface Finish definition

• select Define Kt as a value;

• Enter User-defined Kt value of 1;

• click OK.

Step 3: Select the Material:

Since this Finite Element model has implemented a Hyperelastic law using the Reduced Polynomial model for
stress-strain response, an equivalent material property must be used in fe-safe/Rubber as well. For this exercise, a
copy of the material dataset NR_GUM will be created, and then modified to give it a hyperelastic law defined using
the Reduced Polynomial model of order 2.

First create the new material:

• in the Material Databases window, use the left-mouse-button to select (highlight) the material NR_GUM from
the list of available materials in the EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase material database;

• select Material >> Copy Material to create a new material called CopyOfNR_GUM, which will appear at the
bottom of the EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase database;

• double-click the newly created material to rename it – change the name to TUT1.

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 Change the Hyperelastic model type:

• expand the TUT1 material to show its properties;

• select the Hyperelastic model type selector: hyperelastic : Type;

• double-click on the value field to edit it;

• modify the value to: REDUCEDPOLY;

Now configure material parameters for the second order Reduced Polynomial model:

• select the C10 field: hyperelastic : RP C10 (MPa);

• double-click on the value field to edit it

• modify the value to: 1.0;

• Repeat to configure fields for C20 to 0.1, D1 to 0.00067, and D2 to 0.0;

• All of the material parameters related to higher order Reduced Polynomial models are to be configured with
value of Unused.

To define TUT1 for the whole component:

• highlight the material TUT1 in the EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase database;

• double-click the Material header in the Groups Parameter box in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue - a Change
Material? confirmation dialogue box appears;

Figure 1-24 Change material dialogue

• click YES;

• the material name should appear for all groups in the Material column.

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 Step 4: Select the plug-in Algorithm:
This exercise uses a plug-in algorithm. To define the plug-in algorithm for the whole model (i.e. all element groups):

• double-click the Algorithm column header to open the in Group Algorithm Selection dialogue box for all groups;

• select the Analyse using a plug-in algorithm option;

• select the Plug-in algorithm drop-down box, and select Surface from the drop-down menu as shown in Figure
1-25;

Figure 1-25 Group Algorithm Selection

Note: If ‘Analyse using a plug-in algorithm’ is not an option, go back to Load the fe-safe/RubberTM plug-in above to
follow the steps to Load the plug-in.

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 Step 5: Define the output file:
When the FE model was loaded, the Output File was automatically defaulted to a standard file name in the Project
Directory.

• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the browse button to the right of the Output File field.

• Change the output filename to: tensionwithholeResults_ex01.odb

Figure 1-26 Define the Output File

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 Step 6: Run the analysis:
fe-safe is now configured to run the analysis.
Press the Analyse button. A summary of analysis parameters is displayed;

Figure 1-27 FEA Fatigue Analysis Summary

Check that the analysis is configured as shown in Figure 1-27, and then click Continue.

As the analysis is being performed, the following information is written to the analysis log file.

% Time Life-Repeats
100 0:00:02 4829@[0]61.1 266 of 266

The analysis log file has the same file name as the output file, except that the extension is .log, for instance:
<ResultsDir>\tensionwithholeResults_ex01.log

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window and includes
Summary
=======
Worst Life-Repeats : 4828.717
at Element [0]61.1
Analysis time : 0:00:11.294

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 Step 7: Reviewing the results
The analysis log shows that the worst-case life for the whole model is:

4828 repeats of the loading at the centroid of element 61.

Note: In fe-safe, the calculated fatigue life always refers to the number of repeats of the complete defined fatigue
loading cycle. An optional conversion factor can be used to convert the fatigue life in repeats to fatigue life with
respect to some other quantity, for example hours or miles (see the fe-safe User Guide for details).

Step 8: Viewing the fatigue life contour:

A copy of the original .odb file was created, onto which a new step containing the fatigue results was appended.

In the last step of the file <ResultsDir>/tensionwithholeResults_ex01.odb, the results for the exported variable
should look similar to :

Figure 1-28 Fatigue Life Contour in Log(Repeats) for Example 1

Note: Contours may appear differently depending on post-processor, contour legend limits and averaging scheme.

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1.4 Exercise 2: using Loading Definition and Loading Equivalence for Rubber

Objective:
This exercise is a continuation of Exercise 1. Continue using fe-safe without changing fatigue configurations.

To define a complex loading scenario – in this case 5 seconds worth of loading based on only 1 second of FEA
analysis. The exercise will illustrate use of the loading definition file (*.LDF). The fe-safe User Guide includes a full
description of the LDF file, including syntax.

Preparation:
Below is listed a tabular representation of Figure 1-6, describing the Y-direction displacement applied in the FE
solver as it relates to the time increments in the solution (from the pre-processor):
Time (s) Displacement (mm)
0 0
0.2 40
0.4 20
0.6 60
0.8 100
1 0
The desired 5-second displacement that’s required is as follows:
Time (s) Displacement (mm)
0 0
0.2 40
0.4 20
0.6 60
0.8 100
1 0
1.2 20
1.4 40
1.6 20
1.8 40
2 20
2.2 40
2.4 20
2.6 40
2.8 0
3 60
3.2 20
3.4 0
3.6 100
3.8 20
4 100
4.2 60
4.4 40
4.6 100
4.8 60
5 0

So it will be required to represent the displacements desired in seconds 2 through 5 by using solved displacement
stress and strain pairs from the 1 second FEA solution, at those desired time instances.

fe-safe/Rubber™ analysis requires time instants to be equally spaced. In this case we’ve used 0.2 second time
incrementation for the entire loading definition.

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 Method:
Step 1: Define the loading:
• select File >> Loadings >> Save Current FEA Loadings As...;

• save the file as ex01.ldf and click Save;

• open the file in a text editor to display the contents

# .ldf file created by fe-safe compliant product [mswin]

INIT
transitions=Yes
END

# Block number 1
BLOCK
ds=1, de=2
ds=3, de=4
ds=5, de=6
ds=7, de=8
ds=9, de=10
ds=11, de=12
END
Note: comment lines starting in # mark may vary):
• Edit the text file to add stress(ds) and strain (de) pairs for each additionally required time instant, as follows
# .ldf file created by fe-safe compliant product [mswin]

INIT
transitions=Yes
END

# Block number 1
BLOCK
ds=1, de=2
ds=3, de=4
ds=5, de=6
ds=7, de=8
ds=9, de=10
ds=11, de=12
ds=5, de=6
ds=3, de=4
ds=5, de=6
ds=3, de=4
ds=5, de=6
ds=3, de=4
ds=5, de=6
ds=3, de=4
ds=11, de=12
ds=7, de=8
ds=5, de=6
ds=11, de=12
ds=9, de=10
ds=5, de=6
ds=9, de=10
ds=7, de=8
ds=3, de=4
ds=9, de=10
ds=7, de=8
ds=11, de=12
END

• Use the text editor to save the modified file as ex02.ldf;

• Use fe-safe to open the modified loading definition, select File >> Loadings >> Open FEA Loadings File...;

• The Loading Settings window will be displayed

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 • Use the right-mouse-button to click the Elastic-Plastic Block and select Length in Seconds:

Figure 1-29 Add Length in Seconds to Elastic-Plastic Block

• Enter the length of the loading definition: 5.0;

• Double-click on Loading is equivalent to 1 Repeats in the Settings tree;

• The Conversion factors for Lives from Repeats to User Units dialogue will be displayed;

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 • Click on the button for LDF Time to calculate the number of Hours defined in the Loading Definition:

Figure 1-30 Conversion from Repeats to hours

• Click OK;

• The loading definition will appear as shown in Figure 1-31:

Figure 1-31 Five second loading definition with Loading in Hours

Note: if the window does not appear as shown above, then expand the tree view to show more details.
• Select the Analysis Settings tab from the Fatigue from FEA dialogue to switch to the Analysis Settings panel

• A dialogue will be displayed prompting to save the loading definition to ex2.ldf which has been modified:

Figure 1-32 Save Loading Definition after change

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 • Click Yes;

Step 2: Define the Output File:

When the FE model was loaded, the Output File was automatically defaulted to a standard file name in the Project
Directory.

• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the browse button to the right of the Output File field.

• Change the output filename to: tensionholewithResults_ex02.odb

Step 3: Run the analysis:

• fe-safe is now configured to run the analysis.
• Press the Analyse button. A summary of analysis parameters is displayed;

• Check that the analysis is configured as described above and then click Continue.

• As the analysis is being performed, the following information is written to the analysis log file.

% Time Life-Hours
100 0:00:10 2.6@[0]61.1 266 of 266

The analysis log file has the same file name as the output file, except that the extension is .log, for instance:
<ResultsDir>\tensionholewithResults_ex02.log

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window and includes
Summary
=======
Worst Life-Hours : 2.604
at Element [0]61.1
Analysis time : 0:00:57.825

Step 4: Reviewing the results

The analysis log shows that the worst-case life for the whole model is:

2.604 Hours of the loading at the centroid of element 61.

Note: An optional conversion factor was used in this example to convert the fatigue life in repeats to fatigue life with
respect to hours (see the fe-safe User Guide for details).

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 Step 5: Viewing the fatigue life contour:
A copy of the original .odb file was created, onto which a new step containing the fatigue results was appended.

In the last step of the file <ResultsDir>/tensionwithholeResults_ex01.odb, the results for the exported variable
should look similar to :

Figure 1-33 Fatigue Life Contour in Log(Hours) for Example 2

Note: Contours may appear differently depending on post-processor, contour legend limits and averaging scheme.

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1.5 Exercise 3: Request Exports and Outputs for an element of interest

Objective:
This exercise is a continuation of Exercise 2. Continue using fe-safe without changing fatigue configurations.

This exercise will define a single element for a secondary FEA Fatigue analysis, and configure plug-in Settings to
request exports and outputs for an element of interest.

Preparation:
The element at which the lowest life in Hours was reported during Exercise 2 was element number 61. This will be
used for a secondary post-processing analysis of only one element. Such an analysis may be desirable in order to:

1. Speed up delivery of exports and outputs at a known position, without calculating lives in the remainder of the
model

2. Limit log output from fe-safe/Rubber to ASCII text file formats

3. Limit size of Output Files generated during the secondary analysis

Method:
Step 1: Define the Output File:
When the FE model was loaded, the Output File was automatically defaulted to a standard file name in the Project
Directory.

• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the browse button to the right of the Output File field.

• Change the output filename to: tensionholewithResults_ex03.csv

Note: Since only one element will be analysed a text format such as *.csv or *.fer is used to reduce output file size.
See the Appendices of the fe-safe User Manual for details of Output File fatigue results formats.

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 Step 2: Define the List of Items:
• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the Exports... button ;

• The Exports and Outputs dialogue will appear, select the List of Items tab;

• In the field on the List of Items tab enter the instance and element number: [0]61

• Select the checkbox labelled Only analyse listed items:

Figure 1-34 Configure the List of Items to only analyse the listed items

• Click OK;

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 • The Fatigue from FEA dialogue will appear as shown:

Figure 1-35 Output File and Exports after Exercise 3 Definition

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 Step 3: Configure the plug-in Settings:
• In the Fatigue from FEA dialogue, identify the Group Parameters table

• double-click the Algorithm column header to open the in Group Algorithm Selection dialogue box for all groups;

• The Group Algorithm Selection dialogue will appear as shown:

Figure 1-36

• select the Settings button, next to the plug-in algorithm (Surface);

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 • The Edit Plug-in Settings dialogue will appear as shown:

Figure 1-37 Configure plug-in Settings to request load history and rainflow count

• Edit the value of Setting 2 Output load history on critical plane: YES

• Edit the value of Setting 3 Output rainflow count: YES

• Click OK to dismiss the Edit Plug-in Settings dialogue;

• Click OK to dismiss the Group Algorithm Selection dialogue;

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 Step 4: Run the analysis:
fe-safe is now configured to run the analysis.
Press the Analyse button. A summary of analysis parameters is displayed;

Check that the analysis is configured as described above, and then click Continue.

As the analysis is being performed, the following information is written to the analysis log file.

% Time Life-Hours
100 0:00:00 2.6@[0]61.1 266 of 266

The analysis log file has the same file name as the output file, except that the extension is .log, for instance:
<ResultsDir>\tensionholewithResults_ex03.log

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window and includes
Summary
=======
Worst Life-Hours : 2.604
at Element [0]61.1
Analysis time : 0:00:00.260
Step 5: Reviewing the results
The analysis log shows that the worst-case life for the whole model is:

1.335 Hours of the loading at the centroid of element 61.

Note: The List of Items was used to Only analyse listed items in this Exercise. This results in a very quick
secondary fatigue analysis as show above, but the fatigue life results in Hours for the element have not changed

Step 6: Viewing the Exports and Outputs from the fe-safe/Rubber plug-in:
• Use the operating system to browse to the Results Directory
(e.g. C:\Temp\data\rubber\jobs\job_01\fe-results);

• Find the log file generated for load history on the critical plane
(e.g. tensionholewithResults_ex03CEDHISTORY.log);

• Find the log file generated for Rainflow Count (e.g. tensionholewithResults_ex03RAINFLOW.log);

• Inspect the log files in a text editor and plot histories an rainflow counts if desired

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2 Tutorial 2: Time-dependent Analysis of a single element with Exports

2.1 Introduction
This tutorial outlines how to perform a time-dependent rubber fatigue analysis using fe-safe/RubberTM. This tutorial
is based on the ASCII FE tensor format:
<DataDir>\rubber\TUT2.txt

2.1.1 Preparation
The tutorial uses an ASCII FE Tensor format. However, the same techniques can be applied to all FE formats for
which nominal strains and stresses can be reported. Results may differ while using other FE formats since the
ASCII file contains stress and strain solutions for only one element. Please see the Appendices of the fe-safe User
Manual for details on the Proprietary FE file format.

This tutorial assumes that the user has experience using fe-safe, thus detailed information on how to set up an fe-
safe analysis is not included in this tutorial. Please see Tutorial 1 for details.

• Start fe-safe/RubberTM;

• The Configure fe-safe Project Directory window will be displayed;

• Select an appropriate Project Directory <ProjectDir> and Click OK.

General FEA and analysis options

• From the Menu bar select Tools >> Clear Data and Settings...;

• The Clear Data and Settings dialogue will appear

• Select all of the Project settings and the Re-set file dialogues setting (all but the Re-set user settings
checkbox).

• Click OK.

Open the EnduricaMaterials (writable copy) database

If the EnduricaMaterials database is not shown in the Material Databases window, please see section 1.1.1
above.

Load the fe-safe/RubberTM plug-in

If the fe-safe/Rubber plug-in is not loaded, please see section 1.1.1 above.

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2.2 Opening the sample FE model
The model for this tutorial is a one-element ASCII file. Displaying the contour is not useful in such cases.

Loading is applied for 1 second using 5 increments.

• Select the menu item File >> FEA Solutions >> Open Finite Element Model... and browse to the sample
file TUT2.txt from the directory <DataDir>\rubber.

• A prompt to pre-scan the file will be displayed. Click Yes.

• The Select Datasets to Read dialogue will be displayed

• Check the Quick select items for Stresses, Strains as shown

• click Apply to Dataset List to apply the selections

• select OK to load the datasets

Figure 2-1 Select all stress and strain datasets

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 • When the model has finished loading, the Loaded FEA Models Properties dialogue box

• Ensure that the stress, strain and temperature units are psi, strain and deg.C, respectively, as shown:

Figure 2-2 Configure Loaded FE Models Properties

• click OK.

• A dialogue will prompt to edit element groups loaded from the model, click No.

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 • You will see the following message regarding zeroes in datasets, this is normal

Figure 2-3

• A summary of the open model appears in the Current FE Models window, showing the loaded datasets as
shown:

Figure 2-4 Current FE Models are displayed

Note: if the window does not appear as shown above, then expand the tree view to show more details.
• The model contains six stress datasets, six strain (NE) datasets. fe-safe also extracts element group
information from the ASCII FE file.

• If the correct number of datasets is not shown as above, use your right-mouse-button in the Current FE
models window to select Reload All Models

• Click Yes as needed until the Select Datasets to Read dialogue is displayed as shown above.

• If the units of Stress, Strain and Temperature, do not appear as shown they can be changed by double-
clicking on the icon in the Current FE Models window and modifying Properties

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2.3 Exercise 1: fe-safe/RubberTM analysis with time-dependent effects
This tutorial should be read in conjunction with the fe-safe User Guide and the fe-safe/RubberTM User Guide.

Objective:
To perform a rubber fatigue analysis based on a sequence of surface based centroidal stress and strain (NE)
solutions from FEA, with time dependent effects included.

Each increment represents the hyperelastic stress and strain solutions from FEA. Each stress and strain dataset
corresponds to a time increment (each increment is 0.2 seconds).

Analysis process:
For each elemental centroidal position:

• The nominal strain (NE) and stress (S) are read from the FE model database into fe-safe.
• The loading history is configured according to the sequence of stress and strain datasets and the length in
seconds specified in Loading Settings
• The 6 components of the nominal strain tensor are calculated from the 3 in-plane nominal strain components,
and from the plane stress condition (e.g. the out of plane stress is exactly 0).
• A series of material planes is generated based on the plug-in setting for damage sphere variables phi and
theta. Subsequent calculations will be repeated on each material plane, in order to identify the critical plane.
• The local loading history is computed for each plane, giving the Cracking Energy Density as a function of time.
• A rainflow counting algorithm is then used to identify each individual cycle (e.g. peak and valley) contained
within the entire local loading history.
• A numerical integration of the crack growth rate law is made to determine the number of repeats (the life)
required to grow the initial flaw to its specified size at nucleation (see the fe-safe/RubberTM Theory manual).
As a part of the computation, the crack growth rate contributions of individual cycles are summed to obtain a
total rate of crack growth per repeat of the entire loading history. The initial and final flaw sizes, and all crack
growth properties were specified as a part of the material definition.
• Once the life has been computed for every material plane, then the minimum life is selected from among the
results and reported as the life of the individual item.
• Output File containing Log Life and fe-safe Results Log file containing analysis configurations are automatically
generated
• Any requested auxiliary outputs are written to their respective log files.

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 Method:
Step 1: Define the loading:
As in Tutorial 1, Exercise 1, generate a single fatigue loading block, containing a sequence of stress datasets. The
load will represent a history between the initial increment (Increment 0, stress dataset 1 and strain dataset 2 at time
t=0.0 s) through the fifth increment (Increment 5, stress dataset 11 and strain dataset 12 at time t=1.0 s).

• In the Current FE Models window, select any stress dataset;

• Select the Loading Settings tab from the Fatigue from FEA dialogue to switch to the loading tree;

• Use your right-mouse-button to select Clear all loadings and click Yes;

• Use the Add button in the Loading Settings window to select Add... >> Dataset;

• Click OK when prompted

• Double-click on the Stress Dataset and using your keyboard, type the sequence 1-11(2)

• In the current FE Models window, select any strain dataset;

• In the Loading Settings panel, right-click on the stress dataset and select Add dataset;

• The strain dataset will appear as a branch in tree-view under the sequence of stress datasets.

• Double-click on the Strain Dataset and using your keyboard, type the sequence 2-12(2)

• Use the right-mouse-button to click the Elastic-Plastic Block and select Length in Seconds:

• Enter the length of the loading definition: 1.0

• The Loading Settings window will appear as shown:

Figure 2-5 Time-dependent dataset sequence loading

Note: if the window does not appear as shown above, then expand the tree view to show more details.

• Select the Analysis Settings tab from the Fatigue from FEA dialogue to switch to the Analysis Settings panel;

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 Step 2: Define the subgroup option:
• double-click the Subgroup column header to open the Subgroup Selection dialogue for all groups.

• select Whole group;

• click OK.

• Step 3: Define the Surface Finish:

For all fe-safe/Rubber analysis the user-defined Kt value of 1 should be configured. This will ensure the effects of
surface finish aren’t applied to fe-safe/Rubber analyses.

• double-click the Surface column header to open the Surface Finish Definition dialogue for all groups

• select Define Kt as a value;

• Enter User-defined Kt value of 1;

• click OK.

Step 4: Select the Material:

For this exercise, a copy of the material dataset SBR_GUM will be created, and then modified to give it a lower
threshold parameter (fcgr:T0).

First create the new material:

• in the Material Databases window, use the left-mouse-button to select (highlight) the material SBR_GUM from
the list of available materials in the EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase material database;

• select Material >> Copy Material to create a new material called CopyOfSBR_GUM, which will appear at the
bottom of the EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase database;

• double-click the newly created material to rename it – change the name to TUT2.

Configure the material parameters for the LAKELINDLEY fatigue crack growth rate model:

• expand the TUT2 material to show its properties;

• select the T0 field: fcgr : T0 (kJ/m^2);

• double-click on the value field to edit it

• modify the value to: 0.04;

• All of the remaining material parameters should remain as-is

To define TUT2 for the whole component:

• highlight the material TUT2 in the EnduricaMaterials_writable.dbase database;

• double-click the Material header in the Groups Parameter box in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue - a Change
Material? confirmation dialogue box appears;

• click YES;

• the material name should appear for all groups in the Material column.

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 Step 5: Select the plug-in Algorithm and configure plug-in Settings:
This exercise uses a plug-in algorithm. To define the plug-in algorithm for the whole model (i.e. all element groups):

• double-click the Algorithm column header to open the in Group Algorithm Selection dialogue box for all groups;

• select the Analyse using a plug-in algorithm option;

Note: If ‘Analyse using a plug-in algorithm’ is not an option, go back to Load the fe-safe/RubberTM plug-in above to
follow the steps to Load the plug-in.

• select the Plug-in algorithm drop-down box, and select Surface from the drop-down menu;

• select the Settings button, next to the plug-in algorithm;

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 • The Edit Plug-in Settings dialogue will appear as shown:

Figure 2-6 Edit plug-in settings

• Edit the value of Setting 4 Output plane dependence: YES

• Edit the value of Setting 6 Verify stress/strain: YES

• Edit the value of Setting 7 Verify FCG rate law: YES

• Click OK to dismiss the Edit Plug-in Settings dialogue;

• Click OK to dismiss the Group Algorithm Selection dialogue;

Step 6: Define the output file:

When the FE model was loaded, the Output File was automatically defaulted to a standard file name in the Project
Directory.

• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the browse button to the right of the Output File field.

• Change the output filename to: TUT2Results_ex01.txt

Note: Since only one element will be analysed a text format such as *.txt or *.fer is used to reduce output file size.
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 Step 7: Define the Export options:
• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the Exports... button ;

• The Exports and Outputs dialogue will appear, select the List of Items tab;

• In the field on the List of Items tab enter the element number: 2827

• select the Histories for Items tab;

• check the box next to stress tensors; in the Stress/Strain section

• select the Log for Items tab;

• check the box next to Dataset stresses; in the Stress/Strain section

• Click OK;

• The Fatigue from FEA dialogue will appear as shown:

Figure 2-7 Output File and Exports after Exercise 1 Definition

Note: If the dialogue does not appear exactly as above, it can be re-sized so that the fields can be shown.

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 Step 8: Run the analysis:
fe-safe is now configured to run the analysis.
• Press the Analyse button. A summary of analysis parameters is displayed;

• Check that the analysis is configured as described above, and then click Continue.

As the analysis is being performed, the following information is written to the analysis log file.

% Time Life-Repeats
100 0:00:00 [email protected] 1 of 1

The analysis log file has the same file name as the output file, except that the extension is .log, for instance:
<ResultsDir>\TUT2Results_ex01.log

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window and includes
Summary
=======
Worst Life-Repeats : 47867.07
at Element 2827.1
Analysis time : 0:00:00.180

Step 9: Reviewing the fe-safe Results log file

• Use a text editor to open the log file and inspect the table marked DATASETS for Element 2827.1

• Note the details of the conversion from stress in units of psi in the ASCII FE file to MPa in the Safe Technology
fe-safe Finite Element Data (*.fed) folder:

DATASETS for Element 2827.1

DS# Units xx or T yy xy...

1 psi 0.000e+000 0.000e+000 0.000e+000...
1 MPa 0.000e+000 0.000e+000 0.000e+000...
2 strain 0.000e+000 0.000e+000 0.000e+000...
2 uE 0 0 0...
3 psi 5.850e+000 4.760e+001 1.760e-007...
3 MPa 4.034e-002 3.282e-001 1.214e-009...
4 strain -3.132e-002 8.538e-002 9.828e-010...
4 uE -31321 85380 0...
...

Note: the stress datasets shown in the log file may not be those used by fe-safe/Rubber. Exported Log for Items
come from the fe-safe User Interface as opposed to the fe-safe/Rubber plug-in algorithm.

• Find the List of plottable file(s) in the log file and copy the fill path to the Exported history for items
tensor file, e.g.:
C:\Temp\data\rubber\TUT2\jobs\job_01\fe-results\TUT2Results_ex01.txt_Element_2827.1.txt
• Retain the copied file path in the clipboard for later use in Step 10 below.

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 Step 10: Plotting the History file
• Use fe-safe to open the Exported history by selecting File >> Data Files >> Open Data File...

• Select the exported history file identified above in Step 9

• The data file will be shown in the Loaded Data Files window:

Figure 2-8 Exported history shown in Loaded Data Files

Note: the stress histories shown above in Figure 2-8 Exported history shown in Loaded Data Files may not be
those used by fe-safe/Rubber. Exported Histories for Items come from the fe-safe User Interface as opposed to the
fe-safe/Rubber plug-in algorithm.

• Use the left-mouse-button and shift key to select the three components of strain (eXX, eYY, and eXY)

• Use fe-safe to plot the three plots in one space using the menu selection View >> Stack Plots.

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 • A stacked plot will be displayed as shown:

Figure 2-9 strain components on the surface displayed

Step 11: Viewing the Exports and Outputs from the fe-safe/Rubber plug-in:
• Use the operating system to browse to the Results Directory
(e.g. C:\Temp\data\rubber\TUT2\jobs\job_01\fe-results);

• Find the log file generated for the output of plane dependence, also known as a damage sphere
(e.g. TUT2Results_ex01DAMAGESPHERE.log);

• Find the log file generated for the output of stress/strain verification setting
(e.g. TUT2Results_ex01VERIFYSTRESS.log);

• Find the log file generated for the output the fatigue crack growth rate verification setting
(e.g. TUT2Results_ex01VERIFYFCGR.log);

• Inspect the log files in a text editor and plot histories an rainflow counts if desired

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2.4 Exercise 2: Define temperature dependence with existing configurations

Objective:
This exercise is a continuation of Exercise 1. Continue using fe-safe without changing fatigue configurations.

This exercise will define an operating temperature for the entire model.

Method:
Step 1: Configure the temperature Settings
• In the Fatigue from FEA dialogue, switch to the Loading Settings tab

• Right-click on the Elastic-Plastic Block, and select Temperature from the context menu

Figure 2-10

• Enter 100 in the text field

• The Loading Settings should now look as follows

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 Figure 2-11

• Step 2: Define the output file:

When the FE model was loaded, the Output File was automatically defaulted to a standard file name in the Project
Directory.

• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the browse button to the right of the Output File field.

• Change the output filename to: TUT2Results_ex02.txt

Note: Since only one element will be analysed a text format such as *.txt or *.fer is used to reduce output file size.
See the Appendices of the fe-safe User Manual for details of Output File fatigue results formats.

Step 3: Run the analysis:

fe-safe is now configured to run the analysis.
• Press the Analyse button. A summary of analysis parameters is displayed;

• Check that the analysis is configured as described above, and then click Continue.

As the analysis is being performed, the following information is written to the analysis log file.

% Time Life-Repeats
100 0:00:00 [email protected] 1 of 1

The analysis log file has the same file name as the output file, except that the extension is .log, for instance:
<ResultsDir>\TUT2Results_ex01.log

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window and includes
Summary
=======
Worst Life-Repeats : 773.695
at Element 2827.1
Analysis time : 0:00:00.180

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2.5 Exercise 3: Define ozone dependence with existing configurations

Objective:
This exercise is a continuation of Exercise 1. Continue using fe-safe without changing fatigue configurations.

This exercise will define an operating temperature for the entire model.

Method:
Step 1: Configure the plug-in Settings:
• In the Fatigue from FEA dialogue, identify the Group Parameters table

• double-click the Algorithm column header to open the in Group Algorithm Selection dialogue box for all groups;

• The Group Algorithm Selection dialogue will appear as shown;

• select the Settings button, next to the plug-in algorithm (Surface);

• The Edit Plug-in Settings dialogue will appear as shown:

Figure 2-12 Configure plug-in Settings to specify Ozone concentration

• Edit the value of Setting 9 Ozone (molar fraction): 0.02

• Click OK to dismiss the Edit Plug-in Settings dialogue;

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 • Click OK to dismiss the Group Algorithm Selection dialogue;

• Step 2: Define the output file:

When the FE model was loaded, the Output File was automatically defaulted to a standard file name in the Project
Directory.

• in the Fatigue from FEA dialogue select the browse button to the right of the Output File field.

• Change the output filename to: TUT2Results_ex03.txt

Note: Since only one element will be analysed a text format such as *.txt or *.fer is used to reduce output file size.
See the Appendices of the fe-safe User Manual for details of Output File fatigue results formats.

Step 3: Run the analysis:

fe-safe is now configured to run the analysis.
• Press the Analyse button. A summary of analysis parameters is displayed;

• Check that the analysis is configured as described above, and then click Continue.

As the analysis is being performed, the following information is written to the analysis log file.

% Time Life-Repeats
100 0:00:00 [email protected] 1 of 1

The analysis log file has the same file name as the output file, except that the extension is .log, for instance:
<ResultsDir>\TUT2Results_ex01.log

This information is also displayed in the Message Log window and includes
Summary
=======
Worst Life-Repeats : 563.308
at Element 2827.1
Analysis time : 0:00:00.180

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