FRANC3D_V6_Training_June 2012.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * point with the median K value current crack front predicted new crack front Dam specified extension Dai computed extension point i * current crack front predicted new crack front Dai computed extension point i * NASGRO Equation Dialog * User Equation Dialog Can read AFGRO formatted files and excel CSV or text files. * no smoothing polynomial fit no crack front fitting Program selected polynomial order user specified polynomial order * * All crack increments are specified * All cycle increments are specified * Workshop Agenda Introduction to FRANC3D Demo/Hands-on: build an uncracked model Overview of the crack insertion process Demo/Hands-on: insert initial crack and run analysis Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) computation - theory Demo/Hands-on: SIF computation - practice Crack growth - theory Demo/Hands-on: Crack growth - practice Demo/Hands-on: Student generated models * FRANC3D Tutorials – Manual Crack Growth Steps Step 1: Select Grow Crack From the FRANC3D menu, select Cracks and Grow Crack Crack Growth wizard is displayed Choose Quasi-Static or Fatigue growth type Select Next * FRANC3D Tutorials – Manual Crack Growth Steps Step 2: Specify Growth Rate Second panel of the Crack Growth allows you to specify the growth rate model data Use the Paris model and set C to 1e-10 and leave n at 2 Select Next. * FRANC3D Tutorials – Manual Crack Growth Steps Step 7.3: Specify Extension or Cycles Third panel of the Crack Growth allows you to specify whether you will grow the crack based on a median extension or a number of cycles Use a median extension Select Next. * FRANC3D Tutorials – Manual Crack Growth Steps Step 7.4: Specify Fitting and Extrapolation Fourth panel of the Crack Growth allows you to specify a value for median extension as well as the fitting and extrapolation parameters Specify a median extension of 0.1 and use a fixed 3rd order polynomial with 3% extrapolation on both ends to ensure the fitted end points fall outside the model Sele