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Shaft With A Hole

Sample Applications

Shaft With A Hole

Growth of fatigue cracks from a hole in a shaft under tension-torsion load

The specimen contains two equal sized initial through cracks either side of the hole. The load is cyclic tension and torsion (constant amplitude) with a Paris law.

Zencrack example shaft with hole - growth step 70

Figure 1 - Animation of crack growth

Zencrack example shaft with hole - growth step 70 zoomed in

Figure 2 - Animation of crack growth - zoomed-in view

Zencrack example shaft with hole - growth step 70 mises

Figure 3 - Animation of crack growth with Mises contours

Zencrack example shaft with hole - growth step 70 mises zoomed in

Figure 4 - Animation of crack growth with Mises contours - zoomed-in view