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 Plate without crack front
Element Type: Standard
Geometric order: Quadratic
Family: Plane Stress
 Meshing
Crack Front Plate without crack front
Mesh controls 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
From
100 MPa Metal Fatigue in Engineering
By Ralph I. Stephens, Ali Fatemi,
Robert R. Stephens, Henry O. a/w= 0.5
Fuchs =5
15 mm a= 15 Fig. 6.3 (b) for a/W=0.5 Y 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.