Sample applications with crack growth

Some of the areas where this tool has been used successfully for creating meshes with cracks in awkward locations and for 3d non-planar crack propagation are shown here.

	Mixed mode crack growth in a circular shaft.		Crack growth in a helicopter lift frame test specimen.
	Interaction of multiple surface cracks.		Crack growth in a pin-loaded lug.
	Effect of bending on crack development in thick plates.		Crack growth in a stiffened plate.
	Composite delamination.		Gas turbine compressor disk spin test.
	An example demonstrating the effect of residual stress on crack growth.		Growth of a semi-elliptic surface crack.

Sample applications without crack growth

Some of the areas where this tool has been used successfully for creating meshes with cracks in awkward locations and for parametric studies of crack sizes are shown here.

	Defects at weld locations of a sweepolet pipe intersection in a gas transmission pipeline.		Adhesive bonded patch repair of cracked structures.
	Construction of Failure Assessment Diagrams.		Multiple cracks in a high pressure waterbox using submodelling.