{"id":31150,"date":"2018-10-27T20:08:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T20:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fatigue-crack-growth-analysis-in-mechanical-apdl-18-0\/"},"modified":"2018-10-27T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T20:08:53","slug":"fatigue-crack-growth-analysis-in-mechanical-apdl-18-0","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fatigue-crack-growth-analysis-in-mechanical-apdl-18-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis in Mechanical APDL 18.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to do a fatigue crack growth analysis for a notched steel beam in Mechanical APDL 18.0. I have the S-N curve parameters for the steel material. The element i am using is&nbsp;<em>SOLID185<\/em> for steel beam. The notch is in the tension flange and I want to model the crack growth that initiates towards the web. I am using a transient analysis. I am not sure how to simulate the crack growth. Is there any way of simulting the crack grwth in mechanical apdl 18.0&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-31150","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["3322"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["1220"],"_bbp_subscription":["237586"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["31150"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["897","159885","166648"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["89172"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["89172"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-07-10 19:58:34"]},"test":"regmibibek466"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}