Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Tutorial
Stress Intensity Factors

Geometry
From ABAQUS/CAE create
a new 2D part:
Create a plate of 30 * 40
mm

Once the plate has been

created click partitions
Draw a crack (line) of 15
mm as depicted
Draw circles of 2.5 and 5
mm

Final configuration
Create the material
definition and section
assignments as previous
analysis
Set E=3e5 and =0.33
Assembling
Set the instance part
independent

Creating a Step
Double click Steps under Model tree and
Create a step
Select the Static General and fix it. For
instance:

Interactions and assignments

Click Module Interaction
Click special, select Assign Seam
Select the crack as the entity to be modeled as
seam, Select the entire crack and click done

Crack as entity
02

Create a crack
01

Select the
Crack
Front

03
Select the
Crack Tip

Crack extension direction

Select the q vectors and
specify 1, 0, 0 for this case

Crack extension direction (continued)

From:
Video Tutorial
ABAQUS create 2D crack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVv1
mKyOC1g
And
11.4.2 Contour integral evaluation
References
Fracture mechanics: overview, Section
11.4.1
*CONTOUR INTEGRAL
Using contour integrals to model fracture
mechanics, Section 31.2 of the
Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

Crack extension direction (continued)

Or From:
11.4.2 Contour integral evaluation
References
Fracture mechanics: overview, Section
11.4.1
*CONTOUR INTEGRAL
Using contour integrals to model fracture
mechanics, Section 31.2 of the
Abaqus/CAE User's Guide
Singularity: Midside node parameter: 0.25,
Collapsed element side, duplicate nodes

Create a history output request

Select the crack domain, the stress intensity
factors type and the maximum energy release
rate criterion

Boundary conditions and loads

Create two loads of 100
Mpa
Constrain the
displacement of the
middle node

Meshing
Crack Front
Element Type: Standard
Geometric order: Quadratic
Family: Plane Stress

Plate without crack front

Meshing
Crack Front
Mesh controls

Plate without crack front

Mesh controls

Mesh

Field output request

In Edit Field output request
select the output variable JK
Line spring, J-Integral stress
intensity factors

Theoretical computation
100 MPa

15 mm

a= 15

From
Metal Fatigue in Engineering
By Ralph I. Stephens, Ali Fatemi,
Robert R. Stephens, Henry O.
Fuchs
Fig. 6.3 (b) for a/W=0.5 Y 5

a/w= 0.5
=5

=
=Y

30 mm

5*100* 15 = 500 15
= 1936

Numerical computation

Perform simulations
Change the singularity on crack extension
direction from 0.2 and collapsed element side
to Singularity: Midside node parameter: 0.25,
Collapsed element side, duplicate nodes
Improve the model by adding more
elaborated criteria for K factors.