We have made available to you numerous examples that can be downloaded to your computer and opened with the program you are using. The examples are meant to show how to set up a particular material/geometry and get correct results.
You can use these examples to learn more about the program or to assist in your decision to purchase the software. Some of the examples also include result files.
Cylinder Geometry:
- Elastic:
- Download (1.59 Mb) – Cylinder surface crack elastic analysis
- Plasticity:
- Download (46.5 Mb) – Cylinder surface crack elastic-plastic analysis and FAD
- Tabular Crack Face Pressure:
- Download (967 Kb) – Example using the tabular crack face pressure boundary condition
- Nozzle:
- Download (2.92 Mb) – Piping nozzle connection with a crack at the toe of the fillet weld (updated May 21, 2009)
Plate Geometry:
- Plasticity:
- Download (15.3 Mb) – Flat plate with a surface crack for elastic-plastic analysis and FAD
Other Geometries:
- Fillet T Shape:
- Download (940 Kb) – T-shape fillet weld geometry with a crack at the weld toe
- Single V Weld SI Units:
- Download (3.92 Mb) – Crack in a single-V weld and uses SI unit system
- Unit Cube:
- Download (5.71 Mb) – Small flat plate geometry with a surface crack
- User Defined Geometry
- Download (1.75 Mb) – Doubly curved plate example of the user-defined geometry crack mesh
- User Reverse Transformation Routine
- Download (20 Mb) – Fatigue analysis with a custom crack that requires use of the reverse transformation DLL
Validation examples used in the validation report to verify accurate K solutions:
- Buried Crack Compared to Theory:
- Cylinder Internal Circumf Bergman:
- Full Plate Surface Crack:
- Nozzle:
- Through Crack Plate: