Support for Verity Welds and FKM Welds

The app provides differing support for welds in durability simulations (where it calculates weld fatigue using Verity™) than in FKM simulations.

Category Verity™ Welds FKM Welds
Analysis case type Durability analysis cases FKM analysis cases
Supported geometry Solid or shell models Solid models only
Supported weld set types Weld fillet sets and weld line sets Weld fillet sets only
Method of calculating structural stresses Basic or enhanced nodal forces Surface stress extrapolation and through-thickness stress linearization
Available fatigue analysis types Weld fatigue analysis Weld static strength and weld fatigue assessments
Output Life repeats for specified fatigue loading Utilization for specific load spectrum