Ansys Mechanical Fracture Mechanics

Cracks and similar flaws occur in many components for many different reasons. For example, a structure may experience significant fatigue effects, the material may be inherently defective, cracks may be introduced during the manufacturing stage, or cracks may appear later because of environmental conditions. Ansys Mechanical Fracture Mechanics analysis capabilities allow you to predict crack criticality and crack growth accurately and efficiently in a virtual environment, giving you the information, you need to make better engineering decisions. This course covers the use of Ansys Mechanical™ structural finite element analysis software to perform Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics and includes several hands-on workshops.

Learning Outcomes:

Following completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the basic principles of fracture mechanics and the capabilities of linear elastic fracture mechanics analysis in Ansys Mechanical.
• Apply several techniques for crack modeling/meshing and understand their strengths and weaknesses.
• Explain the basics of fracture parameter evaluation.
• Understand crack growth mechanics and the difference between static and fatigue crack growth.
• Understand the primary characteristics and limitations of Ansys SMART Crack Growth technology and the procedure for performing SMART Crack Growth analysis.

Prerequisites:

• Completion of training course Ansys Mechanical Getting Started is required.
• A theoretical background in fracture mechanics and finite element analysis is strongly recommended.

Please note: These training materials were developed and tested in the 2019R3 release.