{"id":408902,"date":"2025-02-08T06:43:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/monitoring-a-crack-during-a-crack-propagation-simulation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T06:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:43:56","slug":"monitoring-a-crack-during-a-crack-propagation-simulation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/monitoring-a-crack-during-a-crack-propagation-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring a crack during a crack propagation simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;We have learned <a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/continue-interrupted-static-solution-process\/\">here<\/a> that you cannot pause a crack propagation simulation. Restart is not supported. But, this function would be enormously helpful here. What exactly is the crack doing? What does the last meshed crack front look like? Where is the crack going? Does it make sense to continue the analysis at this point?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there other ways to monitor a crack during a crack propagation analysis? The only thing that is written in the solve.out is the maximum crack extension in each substep. It is possible to see the meshes of the last substeps, possibly with another Wokbench or with Ansys Classic, while the simulation is still running? The meshes for each substep must be stored somewhere. Or can I to make more outputs regarding the crack in the solve.out? E.g. the coordinates of the crack front at the surface and apex?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-408902","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["408902"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2a02:810a:8601:9600:ad77:4af6:9d2f:b37a"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["421144"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["421144"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-02-14 05:08:51"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["507715","7546"],"_btv_view_count":["138"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["7546","507715"]},"test":"82dc02165941b2d28fe4a8a42d410c611c438a6f"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/408902","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\/408902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}