True-Load: The Original Load Reconstruction Software
True-Load has been leading load reconstruction since 2010. This full-featured software package delivers accurate loads through optimized strain gauge placement and automatic accuracy checks.
True-Load operates at the intersection of structural simulation and physical test to deliver verified dynamic loads while minimizing prototype builds and data collection.
Load reconstruction solves one of the most common challenges of mechanical product development: driving accurate structural simulations. With accurate operational loads, FEA-based fatigue analysis is accurate and virtual redesigns can be fully explored.
The True-Load Workflow: Load Reconstruction in Four Steps
1. Apply unit loads to existing FEA model
2. Place virtual strain gauges in True-Load/Pre-Test
3. Measure strain in the real world
4. Calculate operational loads in True-Load/Post-Test
The load histories that True-Load generates are strain correlated, showing that they match the real-world loading.
The Details
Optimal Strain Gauge Placement
True-Load/Pre-Test optimizes gauge placement on the FEA model for load reconstruction. The correct strain gauge placement ensures the reconstructed loads fully capture the complex loading of the test environment.
Translating virtual gauges to physical parts is easy with the gauge export tools in True-Load, including measurement-free CAD-ready designs.
Verified Dynamic Loads
Finding the correct gauge locations ensures that reconstructed loads are accurate and verifiable. True-Load/Post-Test calculates loads from collected strain data and automatically runs an accuracy report. Simulated strain typically matches measured strain within 2%, showing that the reconstructed loads model the real world with a high degree of accuracy.
Reconstructing loads accurately with True-Load enables confidence in downstream simulations. When the loads are accurate, the results are accurate.
Advanced Features
Calculate loads for advanced use cases with features like sliding loads, hybrid loading, and contact control.
Load Reconstruction is Just the Beginning
Wolf Star Technologies offers True-QSE and True-LDE to explore the structural response to loads reconstructed with True-Load. These time histories of load can also be exported to fatigue software, such as feSafe, or as raw data in CSV format.
A Proven Solution
True-Load, True-QSE, and True-LDE were developed out of necessity by Dr. Tim Hunter during a long career in product development. They are built to deliver products with many ease-of-use and advanced features. Training and support are included to ensure success.