Fracture Analysis FRANC3D 6.0.5

Description

FRANC3D is a 3D crack growth simulation software designed in engineering structures where geometry components, local loading conditions and evolutionary crack geometry can be arbitrarily complex.

Features

Based on the finite element method

Major FE solver interface such as: ANSYS, ABAQUS, NX / NASTRAN, and MSC / NASTRAN

Cavity support limited volume and zero volume crack

Supports all types of cracks (elliptical, through thickness and)

Supports multiple crack views, multiple cracks and more

Graphical user interface includes several wizards and dialogs for crack placement, crack growth and analysis

Mesh adaptation of a finite element model to simulate crack growth

The mesh smoothing algorithm is used to improve the quality of the element

Stress intensity factors can be calculated for both isotropic and anisotropic materials to change temperature and crack tensile or contact pressure

Calculation of stress intensity factors associated with all three fracture modes along with nodal points associated with cracks

Stress intensity factors are stored in the FRANC3D database for each crack

Supports multiple options for calculating torsion angle and relative gap expansion

Use polynomial curves to fit crack views

Fully automated crack growth process including flat crack growth and the ability to monitor crack growth and evaluate results using the post-processing module in FRANC3D

Provide a Python-based user interface to automate repetitive tasks and a strategy for FRANC3D with other computing programs

Provide a more efficient method for designing engineering parts

System requirements

Windows XP / 7 / 8.1 / 10

Installation

This version does not need to be installed. Just run the original executable file from the run folder.