Instruction Manual

3.2.0 Legacy Template Overview
3.2.1.0 Importing Legacy Data
Import Legacy Data provides support in MTS TestSuite for data archived from previous software products.
The currently supported versions include:
• Model 790.20—Low-Cycle Fatigue (LCF), High-Cycle Fatigue (HCF), and Advance Low-Cycle Fatigue
(ALC) version 4.2 or later
• Model 790.40—Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) version 4.2 or later
• Model 790.50—Fracture Toughness with J-Integral Characterization of Fracture Toughness (JIC), Linear
Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials (KIC), and E1820 Crack-Tip Opening
Displacement (CTOD) version 4.2 or later
Specialized templates map the archived data to the current format and variables for analysis:
• Advance Low-Cycle Fatigue (ALC)
• E1820 Crack-Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD)
• Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG)
• High-Cycle Fatigue (HCF)
• J-Integral Characterization of Fracture Toughness (JIC)
• Linear Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials (KIC)
• Low-Cycle Fatigue (LCF)
Legacy files
Legacy files have a similar naming convention. File names are not case-sensitive: <name><data
type>.<extension>
Legacy File Names
DescriptionItem
The user-supplied name.Name
Data Type Important:
You must select the RD file. Only the RD file is processed.
The data type is one of four following types created for an archive:
• BS—Batch-specimen data
• PR—Procedure data
• RD—Raw data
• TR—Test results
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3.0 Overview