Document Outline

• 1.0 Technical Support
  • 1.1.0 How to Get Technical Support
  • 1.2.0 Before You Contact MTS
  • 1.3.0 If You Contact MTS by Phone
  • 1.4.0 Problem Submittal Form in MTS Manuals
• 2.0 Preface
  • 2.1.0 Before You Begin
  • 2.2.0 Documentation Conventions
• 3.0 Introduction
  • 3.1.0 Application Overview
  • 3.2.0 Overview of MTS TestSuite File Structure
    • 3.2.1.0 Project
    • 3.2.2.0 Test
    • 3.2.3.0 Test Definition
    • 3.2.4.0 Test Run
    • 3.2.5.0 Test Run State Colors
    • 3.2.6.0 Analysis Definition
    • 3.2.7.0 Analysis Runs
  • 3.3.0 Viewing the Main Window
  • 3.4.0 Using the Menu Bar
    • 3.4.1.0 File Menu Options
    • 3.4.2.0 Definition Menu Options
    • 3.4.3.0 View Menu Options
    • 3.4.4.0 Display Menu Options
    • 3.4.5.0 Tools Menu Options
    • 3.4.6.0 Preferences Menu Options
  • 3.5.0 Using the Analysis Toolbar
• 4.0 Getting Started
  • 4.1.0 Begin an Analysis
    • 4.1.1.0 Analyze Example Test Data
    • 4.1.2.0 How to Open a Test and Analyze Your Test Data
  • 4.2.0 Data Analysis
    • 4.2.1.0 Activities and Tests
    • 4.2.2.0 Creating a New Analysis Definition
    • 4.2.3.0 Creating a New Analysis Run
    • 4.2.4.0 Opening an Existing Analysis Run
• 5.0 Customizing the Main Window
  • 5.1.0 Overview
    • 5.1.1.0 Understanding Views and Displays
    • 5.1.2.0 Creating, Editing, and Deleting Views
    • 5.1.3.0 Organizing Views in a Display
    • 5.1.4.0 Creating, Saving, and Editing Displays
  • 5.2.0 Configuring Chart and Table Properties
    • 5.2.1.0 Populating Charts with Data
    • 5.2.2.0 View Properties
    • 5.2.3.0 Traces Properties
    • 5.2.4.0 X-Axis and Y-Axis Properties
    • 5.2.5.0 Line and Symbol Properties
    • 5.2.6.0 Limit or Curve Fit Line Properties
    • 5.2.7.0 Refresh All Analysis Views
  • 5.3.0 Charts and Tables (Views)
    • 5.3.1.0 Array-Variable Chart
    • 5.3.2.0 History Chart
    • 5.3.3.0 Hysteresis Chart
    • 5.3.4.0 History Marker Chart
    • 5.3.5.0 Drop-Line Markers
    • 5.3.6.0 Cycle Marker Chart
    • 5.3.7.0 Cycle Time Chart
    • 5.3.8.0 Array-Variable Table
    • 5.3.9.0 Variable Table
    • 5.3.10.0 Fixed-Column Boundary Table
    • 5.3.11.0 Variable-Column Boundary Table
    • 5.3.12.0 Data Acquisition Variable Table
    • 5.3.13.0 Variable Table for Multiple Runs
    • 5.3.14.0 Variable-Column Table for Multiple Runs
• 6.0 Data Analysis
  • 6.1.0 Analysis
    • 6.1.1.0 Analysis Procedure
    • 6.1.2.0 Analysis Activities
  • 6.2.0 Variable Table Analysis
    • 6.2.1.0 Changing the Value of a Variable
    • 6.2.2.0 Changing a Failure Cycle Variable
    • 6.2.3.0 Defining a Calculated Variable
  • 6.3.0 Analyzing Multiple Test Runs
    • 6.3.1.0 Multiple Test Runs Overview
    • 6.3.2.0 Analyze Multiple Test Runs
    • 6.3.3.0 Failure Cycle Analysis Example
    • 6.3.4.0 Loading Unloading Modulus Analysis Example
  • 6.4.0 Data Acquisition Signal Addition and Removal
    • 6.4.1.0 Adding a Data Acquisition Signal
    • 6.4.2.0 Removing a Data Acquisition Signal
• 7.0 Variable Analysis
  • 7.1.0 Variables and Functions
  • 7.2.0 Variables Editor
    • 7.2.1.0 Editing Properties for Multiple Variables
    • 7.2.2.0 Variable Categories
    • 7.2.3.0 Variable Details
    • 7.2.4.0 Variable Properties
    • 7.2.5.0 Variable Calculated Properties
    • 7.2.6.0 Variable Format Properties
    • 7.2.7.0 Variable Range Properties
    • 7.2.8.0 Choice Lists
  • 7.3.0 Variable Classes
    • 7.3.1.0 Arrays
    • 7.3.2.0 Array Variables
    • 7.3.3.0 Numeric Variables
    • 7.3.4.0 String Variables
    • 7.3.5.0 Calculated Variables
  • 7.4.0 Managing Variables
    • 7.4.1.0 Variables Overview
    • 7.4.2.0 New Variable Window
    • 7.4.3.0 Creating a New Variable
    • 7.4.4.0 Deleting a Variable
    • 7.4.5.0 Variable Used By
    • 7.4.6.0 Adding a New Category
  • 7.5.0 Variable Calculations
    • 7.5.1.0 Calculation Editor Overview
    • 7.5.2.0 Operators in a Calculation
    • 7.5.3.0 Variable-Specific Information
    • 7.5.4.0 Calculation Functions
    • 7.5.5.0 Functions and Arguments in a Calculation
    • 7.5.6.0 Modulus Calculation Functions
    • 7.5.7.0 Strain and Stress Calculation Functions
    • 7.5.8.0 Fatigue Life Calculation Function
  • 7.6.0 Data Acquisition Editor
    • 7.6.1.0 Variable Mapping
    • 7.6.2.0 Mapping a Signal to a Variable
    • 7.6.3.0 Mapping Additional Variable Calculations
    • 7.6.4.0 Tagged Blocks
  • 7.7.0 Function Manager Overview
    • 7.7.1.0 Edit Function
    • 7.7.2.0 Function Usage and Syntax Guidelines
    • 7.7.3.0 Update All
• Index