Reply To: Crack Extension in a Compact Tension Model using SMART Crack Growth

[Sergio Blanco]

Hello Stella,

I'd like to ask you a question regarding your statement "Crack Growth is directly controlled by the number of substeps". I am too starting to work with SMART fracture in Ansys and I am obtaining very different results when I reduce the time substep (or increasing the number of substeps). At the end, should I converge to a solution when I use a substep time small enough or the solution with the SMART module is dependent on the number of substeps used?

Thank you very much,

Sergio