SACS Fatigue

What are the Bentley SACS modules?

The following Bentley SACS modules can be combined with Offshore Structure Ultimate for comprehensive offshore capabilities: Pile Structure Design, Collapse, Collapse Advanced, Fatigue Advanced – Dynamic Response, Fatigue Advanced – Wave Response, Fatigue Ultimate, Wind. You can buy relevant products here.

Where can I find SACS Fatigue tutorials?

You can find SACS Fatiguetutorials can be found on Bentley Communities, however here are some FREE SACS Fatigue webinars available at Virtuosity, a Bentley company.

Where can I get SACS Fatigue online training or SACS Fatigue courses?

If you want to receive tailored training or SACS Fatigue courses, Virtuosity offers extra training and mentoring services. You can choose from tailor-made training, on-demand learning, consulting services, mentoring and more. Learn more about Expert Services at Virtuosity here.

What is the price of SACS Fatigue? How much does SACS Fatigue cost?

A practitioner license of SACS Fatigue costs $4,422 USD, SACS Fatigue Advanced - Dynamic Response costs $11,603 USD, SACS Fatigue Advanced - Wave Response costs $11,603 USD and SACS Fatigue Ultimate costs $14,831 USD at Virtuosity.com. Prices vary per region. To see the price in your region, select your region at the bottom of the page. While there are various types of licensing available, a common choice is the 12-month practitioner license offered through Virtuosity, Bentley's eCommerce store. When you purchase through Virtuosity you get a Virtuoso Subscription which means you get both the software AND the training, expert services, and custom mentoring you need to get started quickly.

Expert services and tailored training, when and where you need it.

At Virtuosity, we understand how important it is to get the most out of every working moment. You need to limit downtime, and use each software application to its fullest potential.  There is just no time to spare. That's why every software purchase through Virtuosity comes as a bundle with “Keys” or credits that can be redeemed for expert services and training, so you can get started right away. Learn more about our training options.

Each practitioner license comes with a number of "Keys" and you can always purchase additional "Keys" as you go. 

There is a menu of expert services and training options that you can redeem your "Keys" for:

• Deterministic, Spectral, Time History Fatigue Analysis
• Stress concentration factors may be automatically evaluated based on state-of-the-art theories or input by the user
• Program calculated stress concentration factors may be based on API or DNV recommendations
• Automatic redesign of chords and braces may be done to determine required joint can and brace stub thicknesses
• The user may specify fatigue analysis for selected critical joints, excluding other joints from the analysis
• Upper and/or lower limits on SCF’s may be specified by the user
• Non-tubular members, plates and shells can be included in or omitted from the fatigue analysis
• SCF’s can be overridden at the joint, group, member, or connection levels
• API, AWS, and NPD fatigue failure (S-N) curves are built into the program. The user may, however, define his own S-N curve
• The program automatically determines if a connection is K, T, or Y, KT, or X and calculates the SCF’s appropriate to that type. The user may, however, force the connection to use the SCF for any specified joint type. For example, a K brace can be forced to have the SCF of an X.
• Stress ranges may be used based on dynamic or static analyses.
• The program can calculate stress ranges based on the difference between stresses for maximum and minimum base shears, overturning moment, or uplift forces
• Calculate stress ranges based on the difference between maximum stresses for various positions of a wave as it passes through the structure
• Stress ranges may be calculated for waves of arbitrary height by automatic interpolation between values for a few waves of height specified by the user
• Spectral fatigue analysis may be based on either Pierson-Moskowitz, JONSWAP (Joint North Sea Wave Project), Lewis and Allos JONSWAP, Ochi-Hubble or user defined wave spectra
• Wind fatigue analysis may be based on wind spectra
• Interactive Fatigue extract file for joints with fatigue life less than the design life can be created automatically
• Development of fatigue environment wave spectra from input scatter diagram information
• Predict propagation of cracks
• Check cross-section changes for segmented sections as in-line members
• Allows expanded user defined S-N data including thickness correction and endurance limit
• Includes SCF override options for wide flanges and plate girders

SACS Fatigue is an add-on module to SACS Offshore Structure, SACS Offshore Structure Advanced or SACS Offshore Structure Ultimate. Visit the SACS Offshore Structure page to learn more.

Processor 
CPU: Pentium 4 or higher  

Operating System 
Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10  

Memory 
RAM: Minimum 512 MB SACS performance is dependent on model size and resources available  

Hard Disk 
Minimum 800 MB partition for SACS installation  

Display 
Graphics card supporting Open GL 128 MB RAM or greater video card with 1280x1024 or higher video resolution

Network 
A network connection is required. 100 Base-T or greater Local Area Ethernet NetworkTCP/IP network protocol is supported