Design Check

The Design Check PropertyManager allows you to assess the safety of solid and mid-surface shell models based on a failure criterion.

Design Check - Step 1 of 3

Component . For assemblies and multibody parts, select All, or select a component or a body from the drop-down menu.
Criterion . Failure criteria:

Shell Face . Available for mid-surface models only. Select the shell face for which you want to perform Design Check:

It is recommended to run two checks: one for the top face, and the other for the bottom face.

Include title text. Select this option to type a custom title for the plot.
Associate plot with name view orientation. Select this option to associate a predefined view orientation with the active plot.

Units . Sets the stress units.
Set stress limit. Sets the property to be used for determining the stress limit:

If you selected Mohr-Coulomb stress criterion from the previous step, you will have to set the tensile and compressive stress limits.

Multiplication factor. Allows you to enter a multiplication factor for calculating the selected stress limit. For example, if you apply a factor of 0.5 to a yield strength stress limit of 2000 psi, the Design Check uses 0.5 x 2000 = 1000 psi for the stress limit.
Material involved. Displays the material properties related to the stress limits used by Design Check.
Maximum stress in the model. Displays the maximum stress used by the selected criterion.
Prev . Returns to the previous step.
Next . Goes to the next step.

Factor of safety distribution. Plots the distribution of the factor of safety.
Non-dimensional stress distribution. Plots the non-dimensional stress distribution.
Areas below factor of safety. Plots the regions below the specified factor of safety (displayed in red color). Regions above the specified factor of safety are displayed in blue color.
Safety result. Lists the minimum factor of safety based on the selected criterion.
Prev . Returns to the previous step.