Load Map

The event setup section is defined within this tag.

The load map section is defined within:

<LoadMap> 
	….
	….
</LoadMap>

Element Tag	Valid Values	Comment
`<LoadMapFile>`	Valid file path	Applicable for Duty cyle (.dcy) file Applicable for LoadMap (.xml) file
`<Channel>`	`<tabfat>`	Mandatory
`<FatigeEvents>`	`<Event>` `<Fatload>`	Mandatory
`<Fatseq>`	`<Fatevnt>`	Mandatory

Time Series

Time Data Channels are defined as:

<Channel>
      <tabfat id="1" type="Time Data">D:/Sample_Load_path/load1.csv</tabfat>
    </Channel>

Table 1. `<tabfat>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values
id	Valid ID
type	"Time Data"
`<tabfat>`	Valid load-history file path

Define the Event

<FatigeEvents>
   <Event Configuration="superposition" Gate="0" id="1" name="Event_1">
       <Fatload LDM="1" Offset="0" Scale="1" block="1" resultfile="" sim="" subcase="1" tabfatId="1" tabfatName=""></Fatload>
</Event>
</FatigeEvents>

Table 2. `<Event>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
Configuration	"superposition"	Mandatory
Gate	0 < Value < 1.0	Mandatory
id	Valid ID	Mandatory
name	Valid name	Mandatory

<Event> is defined with <Fatload>.

Table 3. `<Fatload>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Commend
LDM	LDM should be a non-zero value	Mandatory
Offset	Valid value	Mandatory
Scale	Scale should be a non-zero value	Mandatory
block	Valid value	Mandatory
resultfile	NA	Reserved for later use
sim	NA	Reserved for later use
subcase	Valid value	Mandatory
tabfatId	Valid value	Mandatory
tabfatName	NA	Reserved for later use

<Fatseq>
      <Fatevnt EventId="" EventName="Event_1" Repeats="1"></Fatevnt>
    </Fatseq>

Table 4. `<Fatevnt>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
EventId	Valid value	Either event id or name is Mandatory
EventName	Event name	Either event id or name is Mandatory
Repeats	Valid value	Mandatory

Transient

Transient events are defined as:

<FatigeEvents>
    <Event id="1" name="Event_1">
        <Fatload resultfile="" subcase="1"></Fatload>
    </Event>
</FatigeEvents>

Table 5. `<Event>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
id	Valid ID	Mandatory
name	Valid name	Mandatory

<Event> is defined with <Fatload>.

Table 6. `<Fatload>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
resultfile	NA	Reserved for later use
subcase	Valid value	Mandatory

<Fatseq>
    <Fatevnt EventId="" EventName="Event_1" Repeats="1"></Fatevnt>
</Fatseq>

Table 7. `<Fatevnt>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
EventId	Valid value	Either event id or name is Mandatory
EventName	Event Name	Either event id or name is Mandatory
Repeats	Valid value	Mandatory

Modal Superposition

Modal superposition channels are defined as:

<Channel>
      <ModalParticipationFactorFile>File_path</ModalParticipationFactorFile>
    </Channel>

Element Tag	Valid Values
`<ModalParticipationFactorFile>`	Valid file path (.pch/.mrf)

Define the Event

<FatigeEvents>
        <Event id="1" name="ModalEvent_1">
            <Fatload modal_channel="Subcase 1" resultfile="" sim="" subcase="1" tabfatId="" tabfatName=""></Fatload>
         </Event>

Table 8. `<Event>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values
id	Valid ID
name	Valid event name

<Event> is defined with <Fatload>.

Table 9. `<Fatload>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
modal channel	Valid Subcase name	Mandatory
resultfile	NA	Reserved for later use
sim	NA	Reserved for later use
subcase	Valid value	Mandatory
tabfatId	Valid value	Mandatory
tabfatName	NA	Reserved for later use

<Fatseq>
         <Fatevnt EventId="" EventName="ModalEvent_1" Repeats="1"></Fatevnt>
    </Fatseq>

Table 10. `<Fatevnt>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
EventId	Valid value	Either event id or name is Mandatory
EventName	Event Name	Either event id or name is Mandatory
Repeats	Valid value	Mandatory

Random - PSD Stresses

Random events are defined as:

<FatigeEvents>
      <Event id="1" name="Event_1">
        <Fatload resultfile="" subcase="1"></Fatload>
      </Event>
    </FatigeEvents>

Table 11. `<Event>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
id	Valid ID	Mandatory
name	Valid name	Mandatory

<Event> is defined with <Fatload>.

Table 12. `<Fatload>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
resultfile	NA	Reserved for later use
subcase	Valid value	Mandatory

<Fatseq>
      <Fatevnt EventId="" EventName="Event_1" Repeats="1"></Fatevnt>
    </Fatseq>

Table 13. `<Fatevnt>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
EventId	Valid value	Either event id or name is Mandatory
EventName	Event Name	Either event id or name is Mandatory
Repeats	Valid value	Mandatory

Random - Input PSD with FRF

Random analysis channels are defined as:

<Channel>
      <tabfat id="1" type="Input PSD:Real - Imaginary"> Fatigue_InputPSD/Input_PSD.csv</tabfat>
    </Channel>

Table 14. `<tabfat>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values
id	Valid ID
type	Constant Amplitude
`<tabfat>`	Valid material file path

Define the Event

<FatigeEvents>
      <Event id="1" name="Event_1">
        <Fatload Excitation1="1" Excitation2="1" resultfile="" sim="" tabfatId="" tabfatName=""></Fatload>
        <Fatload Excitation1="1" Excitation2="2" resultfile="" sim="" tabfatId="" tabfatName=""></Fatload>
        <Fatload Excitation1="2" Excitation2="2" resultfile="" sim="" tabfatId="" tabfatName=""></Fatload>
      </Event>
    </FatigeEvents>

Table 15. `<Event>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
id	Valid ID	Mandatory
name	Valid name	Mandatory

<Event> is defined with <Fatload>.

Table 16. `<Fatload>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
Excitation1	Valid value	Mandatory
Excitation2	Valid value	Mandatory
resultfile	NA	Reserved for later use
sim	NA	Reserved for later use
tabfatId	Valid value	Optional
tabfatName	NA	Reserved for later use

<Fatseq>
      <Fatevnt EventId="" EventName="Event_1" ExposureTime="1"></Fatevnt>
    </Fatseq>

Table 17. `<Fatevnt>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
EventId	Valid value	Either event id or name is Mandatory
EventName	Event Name	Either event id or name is Mandatory
ExposureTime	Valid value	Mandatory

Sine Sweep

Sine Sweep analysis channels are defined as:

<Channel>
      <tabfat id="1" scale="0.1" type="Constant Load"></tabfat>
    </Channel>

Table 18. `<tabfat>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values
id	Valid ID
scale	Scale should be a non-zero value (NA for Variable Scale)
type	"Constant Load" "Variable Scale"
`<tabfat>`	Valid file path (NA for Constant load)

Define the Event

<FatigeEvents>
      <Event id="1" name="Event_1">
        <Fatload resultfile="" sim="" subcase="3" sweeprate="1" sweeprateunit="HZPSEC" tabfatId="1" tabfatName=""></Fatload>
      </Event>
    </FatigeEvents>

Table 19. `<Event>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
id	Valid ID	Mandatory
name	Valid name	Mandatory

<Event> is defined with <Fatload>.

Table 20. `<Fatload>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
resultfile	NA	Reserved for later use
sim	NA	Reserved for later use
subcase	Valid value	Mandatory
sweeprate	Valid value	Mandatory
sweeprateunit	"HZPSEC" "OCTPMIN"	Mandatory
tabfatId	Valid ID	Mandatory
tabfatName	Valid name

<Fatseq>
      <Fatevnt EventId="" EventName="Event_1" sweeps="1"></Fatevnt>
    </Fatseq>

Table 21. `<Fatevnt>` Attributes
Attribute	Valid Values	Comment
EventId	Valid value	Either event id or name is Mandatory
EventName	Event Name	Either event id or name is Mandatory
sweeps	Valid value	Mandatory