Flexcom > Data Inputs > $LIFETIME CYCLE

This section corresponds to LifeTime Mode 2. LifeTime is an ancillary module to Flexcom which performs time domain fatigue analysis (Mode 1) and general cycle counting (Mode 2). Refer to Cycle Counting Analysis (Mode2) for further details.

This section contains the following keywords:

•*BINS is used to specify bins or divisions for histogram output.

•*CHANNELS is used to specify channels for cycle counting.

•*HISTOGRAM OUTPUT is used to specify data relating to histogram output.

•*NAME is used to specify a title for a LifeTime analysis run.

•*SEASTATE FILES is used to specify all of the Flexcom random sea analyses on which the LifeTime calculations are to be based, and to tabulate the percentage occurrences of the corresponding seastates.