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Fracture Mechanics Applications

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Fracture Mechanics Applications

Once you solve a fracture application with StressCheck, you won’t want to use another FEA tool for that purpose again. You will experience ease of use, realize superconvergent extractions and receive the high definition feedback you need to guarantee the reliability and accuracy of the computed stress intensity factors (SIF) and energy release rates (ERR).

StressCheck is ideally suited for damage tolerance and forensic engineers who need the best representation of 2D or 3D SIF’s, ERR’s and beta factors for input in sophisticated crack growth simulations, or when analyzing repairs for mitigation of cracks.

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Would you like a no-cost demonstration of our fracture mechanics and DaDT engineering application solutions? Complete our Request an Engineering Application Demo form and we will get back to you shortly.

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When 3D surface flaws in complex parts need to be analyzed for high-resolution fracture mechanics parameters like stress intensity factors, StressCheck is the logical choice.

Fracture Mechanics Application Focus

The following are typical fracture mechanics analysis applications which are routinely performed in StressCheck Professional:

StressCheck® Core
Linear Elasticity Solver
Fracture Mechanics Module
MeshSim Advanced Automesher View Case Studies Applicable Products: The influence of hole propping, load transfer and component interaction is critical in the computation of sensitive fracture mechanics parameters. Easily incorporate the effects of multi-body contact into your bolted joint and/or filled hole damage tolerance analysis. Damage Tolerance with Multi-Body Contact Analysis StressCheck® Core
Linear Elasticity Solver
Fracture Mechanics Module
MeshSim Advanced Automesher View Case Studies Applicable Products: When performing forensic investigations into flawed or failed components, a software like StressCheck® is needed to accurately simulate ANY crack location, size, shape and path in 3D CAD designs. Don’t limit your investigation and miss a critical detail. Forensic & Damage Assessment Analysis StressCheck® Core
Linear Elasticity Solver
Fracture Mechanics Module
MeshSim Advanced Automesher View Case Studies Applicable Products: While StressCheck® does not perform stand-alone crack growth or propagation, it provides essential functions needed to predict crack trajectories and growth tendencies. Cracks can be parametrically controlled or driven by external API’s. Crack Trajectory & Extension Analysis

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  • “A screening of existent commercial and non-commercial tools was carried out in respect to their fracture mechanics capabilities, their design abilities, implementation as well as their complexity. Although, there are many software possibilities, only those within the reach of the author were evaluated. This resulted in the selection of the commercial tool StressCheck. The assessment of crack propagation on compact tension and two stringer specimens governed by the Paris and Forman regimes was satisfactory compared with experimental results using the material data from simple standard specimens.”

    Lloren Llopart Prieto (EADS)
    Doctoral Thesis, "Modelling and analysis of crack turning on aeronautical structures"

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The software provides a highly reliable and user-friendly production stress analysis tool that will replace the Finite Element Method (FEM) tools and failure criteria the experts currently employ for analyzing bonded joints. The software includes an FEM-based handbook format, which allows non-experts to utilize models prepared by specialists. The handbook problems include built-in failure criteria, geometric and material nonlinearities, and the modern FEM technology provides better error control and the treatment of very large aspect ratios.”

Dr. Stephen P. Engelstad, Technical Fellow, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Structural Methods and Analysis

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