Application of Abaqus to Analysis of 3D Cracks and Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction
C.Timbrell, P.W.Claydon, G.Cook
Abaqus Users' Conference, Rhode Island, U.S.A., June 1-3 1994
Abstract:
A practical and well proven method is presented for generation of 3D
meshes for modelling cracks, including fully automatic techniques for 3D
(non-planar) fatigue crack growth prediction. The techniques, used
successfully in various industries for a number of years, have recently
been applied for the first time with ABAQUS. Results are presented for a
number of cases, including comparisons against theoretical and
experimental data.