Agent skill

Abaqus Fatigue Analysis

by Cai-aa in Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub

Workflow for fatigue and durability analysis - cycle counting, damage accumulation, and fatigue life prediction.

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Install Abaqus Fatigue Analysis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub --skill abaqus-fatigue-analysis -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub abaqus-fatigue-analysis --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skill/abaqus/analysis/abaqus-fatigue-analysis .claude/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
abaqus-fatigue-analysis
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
502 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
57
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Workflow for fatigue and durability analysis - cycle counting, damage accumulation, and fatigue life prediction.

  • Works in 5 steps: Run Stress Analysis → Identify Critical Location → Extract Stress History → …
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Important: Abaqus Fatigue…, Prerequisites and Workflow Steps, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Abaqus Fatigue Analysis is an agent skill from Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub. Workflow for fatigue and durability analysis - cycle counting, damage accumulation, and fatigue life prediction.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files (for example `UPSTREAM.md` and `metadata.json`).

The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/abaqus-fatigue-analysis”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash(abaqus:*), Skill

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Run Stress Analysis
  2. Identify Critical Location
  3. Extract Stress History
  4. Apply Fatigue Criteria
  5. Calculate Life and Damage

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 194ef49. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Bash(abaqus:*)
    • Skill

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Abaqus Fatigue Analysis loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 502 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub at commit 194ef49, republished under its MIT licence (© Cai-aa). 502 words, ~1,171 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
abaqus-fatigue-analysis
description
Workflow for fatigue and durability analysis - cycle counting, damage accumulation, and fatigue life prediction.
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash(abaqus:*), Skill

Abaqus Fatigue Analysis Skill

Predict fatigue life from FEA stress results using S-N curves and damage accumulation.

When to Use This Skill

Route here when user mentions:

  • "fatigue", "how many cycles", "fatigue life"
  • "durability", "S-N curve", "cycles to failure"
  • "rainflow counting", "Miner's rule"
  • "high-cycle fatigue", "low-cycle fatigue"

Route elsewhere:

  • Just stress analysis → /abaqus-static-analysis
  • Crack propagation → specialized fracture tools
  • Static strength check → /abaqus-static-analysis

Important: Abaqus Fatigue Limitations

Abaqus has limited native fatigue capabilities. The typical workflow is:

  1. Run structural analysis in Abaqus (stress/strain results)
  2. Extract stress history from ODB
  3. Apply fatigue criteria externally (Basquin, Miner's rule)

For full fatigue analysis, consider external tools: fe-safe, nCode, FEMFAT.

Prerequisites

Before fatigue analysis:

  1. ✅ Completed static or dynamic analysis with converged results
  2. ✅ Material fatigue data (S-N curve or Coffin-Manson parameters)
  3. ✅ Stress output at critical locations

Workflow Steps

Step 1: Run Stress Analysis

Use /abaqus-static-analysis for constant loads or /abaqus-dynamic-analysis for time-varying.

Ensure output requests include:

  • S - Stress components (principal, Mises)
  • E - Strain components
  • PEEQ - Equivalent plastic strain (for low-cycle)
Step 2: Identify Critical Location

Find the maximum stress location:

  • Use /abaqus-odb to extract peak stress
  • Check stress concentrations (fillets, holes, notches)
  • Consider fatigue notch factor (Kf) vs stress concentration (Kt)
Step 3: Extract Stress History

For constant amplitude: single max/min stress values. For variable amplitude: full stress-time history for rainflow counting.

Step 4: Apply Fatigue Criteria

Use appropriate method based on loading and life regime.

Step 5: Calculate Life and Damage

Apply Basquin equation for life, Miner's rule for cumulative damage.

Key Decisions

Fatigue Approach
ApproachWhen to UseData Needed
Stress-life (S-N)High-cycle (N > 10^4)S-N curve
Strain-life (e-N)Low-cycle (N < 10^4)Coffin-Manson params
Fracture mechanicsCrack growthda/dN curve
Loading Type
LoadingAnalysis Method
Constant amplitudeSingle static analysis
Variable amplitudeMultiple loads + rainflow
ProportionalSingle load case
Non-proportionalCritical plane method
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Mean Stress Correction
MethodUse Case
GoodmanConservative, tensile mean
GerberLess conservative
SoderbergVery conservative
SWTStrain-life with mean stress

What to Ask the User

If unclear, ask:

  • Material fatigue properties? S-N curve coefficients or test data?
  • Loading type? Constant amplitude or variable (spectrum)?
  • Mean stress? Fully reversed (R=-1) or with mean stress (R=0)?
  • Critical location known? Or need to find max stress?
  • Life target? What's the required number of cycles?

Key Parameters

ParameterTypical ValuesNotes
S-N slope (b)0.08-0.15Lower = longer life
Endurance limit40-50% UTS (steel)Stress below which infinite life
Fatigue notch factor (Kf)1.0-3.0Kf = 1 + q(Kt-1)
Notch sensitivity (q)0.7-0.95Higher for stronger steels

Troubleshooting

ProblemCauseSolution
Unrealistically short lifeStress singularityUse Kf correction, refine mesh away from singularity
Wrong unitsMPa vs Pa mismatchVerify stress units match S-N data
Unconservative predictionMissing mean stressApply Goodman/Gerber correction
Very long calculated lifeStress below endurance limitCheck if stress > endurance limit
  • /abaqus-static-analysis - Base stress analysis
  • /abaqus-dynamic-analysis - Time-varying loading
  • /abaqus-amplitude - Cyclic loading definition
  • /abaqus-odb - Extract stress history from results

Code Patterns

For API syntax, equations, and code examples, see:

© Cai-aa, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in Skill/abaqus/analysis/abaqus-fatigue-analysis of Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub.

  • SKILL.md
  • UPSTREAM.md
  • UPSTREAM_LICENSE
  • metadata.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 194ef49

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Questions about Abaqus Fatigue Analysis

What does Abaqus Fatigue Analysis do?

Workflow for fatigue and durability analysis - cycle counting, damage accumulation, and fatigue life prediction. Abaqus Fatigue Analysis is an agent skill from Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub. Workflow for fatigue and durability analysis - cycle counting, damage accumulation, and fatigue life prediction.

How do I install Abaqus Fatigue Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub --skill abaqus-fatigue-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Skill/abaqus/analysis/abaqus-fatigue-analysis in Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub) into .claude/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Abaqus Fatigue Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub --skill abaqus-fatigue-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Skill/abaqus/analysis/abaqus-fatigue-analysis in Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub) into .agents/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Abaqus Fatigue Analysis in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub --skill abaqus-fatigue-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis, .gemini/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis, .github/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis and .opencode/skills/abaqus-fatigue-analysis in your project.

What does Abaqus Fatigue Analysis need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Abaqus Fatigue Analysis is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash(abaqus:*), Skill.

Does Abaqus Fatigue Analysis access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Abaqus Fatigue Analysis safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Abaqus Fatigue Analysis use?

Abaqus Fatigue Analysis is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Abaqus Fatigue Analysis use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Abaqus Fatigue Analysis?

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Who maintains Abaqus Fatigue Analysis?

Cai-aa (a GitHub user) maintains it in Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub, which has 1,015 GitHub stars. The repository holds 57 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 30, 2026.

Source: Cai-aa/CAE-Agent-Hub on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.