Crack Geometry Library
 

 

Stress Input Types Available for


K-Solutions


J-Solutions

Crack Opening Areas


Crack Geometry Description

Crack
Front
Shape

Finite
Width
Effects

Variable Thickness
(K only)

 
General

 
Uniform


Pin Load

 
Uniform

Load and Moment


Pin
Load

 
Uniform

Standard Specimens

 

Compact Tension

Straight

ü

-

-

-

ü

-

-

ü

-

Disk-Shaped Compact

Straight

ü

-

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

Arc-Shaped

Straight

ü

-

-

-

ü

-

-

ü

-

Standard 3-Point Bend

Straight

ü

-

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

Through-Thickness Cracks in Planar Bodies

 

Crack in an Infinite Plate

Straight

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

ü

Center-Cracked Panel

Straight

ü

ü

ü

ü

-

ü

-

-

ü

Single-Edge Crack in a Plate

Straight

ü

ü

ü

ü

-

ü

ü

-

-

Double-Edge Cracks in a Plate

Straight

ü

ü

ü

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

Axial (ID) Crack in a Hollow Cylinder

Circular

ü

ü

ü

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

Edge-Crack in a Solid Disk

Straight

ü

ü

ü

ü

-

-

-

-

-

Axial (OD) Crack in a Hollow Cylinder

Straight

ü

ü

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

Through Crack from a Hole in a Plate

Straight

ü

-

-

ü

ü

-

-

-

-

Through Crack from a Hole in a Lug

Straight

ü

-

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

Single-Edge Crack in a Plate
-- No Rotation

Straight

ü

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

Through Crack from a Hole
-- Biaxial Stress

Straight

-

-

-

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

Through-Thickness Cracks in "Shells"

 

Through Crack in a Sphere

Straight

ü

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

ü

Through Crack in a Cylinder
-- Axial

Straight

-

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

ü

Through Crack in a Cylinder

Straight

-

-

-

ü *

-

ü

ü

-

ü *

Cracks in Bodies of Revolution

 

Circumferential (ID) Crack in a Hollow Cylinder

Circular

ü

-

ü

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

Circumferential (OD) Crack in a Solid Cylinder

Circular

ü

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

Circumferential (OD) Crack in a Hollow Cylinder

Circular

ü

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

Edge-Crack in a Solid Circular Bar

Curved

ü

-

-

ü *

-

-

-

-

-

Buried Cracks

 

Buried Elliptical Crack

Elliptical

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

User-Defined g2 : Buried Elliptical Crack

Elliptical

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

Corner Cracks

 

Quarter-Elliptical Crack from a Hole in a Plate

Elliptical

ü

-

-

ü

ü

-

-

-

-

Quarter-Elliptical Crack from a Hole in a Lug

Elliptical

ü

-

-

-

ü

-

-

-

-

Quarter-Elliptical Corner Crack in a Plate

Qtr-Elliptical

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

User-Defined g2 : Corner Crack

Elliptical

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

Surface Cracks

 

Semi-Elliptical Surface Crack in a Plate

Semi-Elliptical

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

Semi-Elliptical Circumferential Surface Crack in a Cylinder

Semi-Elliptical

ü

-

ü

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

Semi-Elliptical Axial Surface Crack in a Cylinder

Semi-Elliptical

ü

-

ü

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

Semi-Elliptical Surface Crack in a Sphere

Semi-Elliptical

ü

-

ü

ü

-

-

-

-

-

User-Defined g2:
Surface Crack

Semi-Elliptical

ü

-

ü

-

-

-

-

-

-

Constant Depth Part-Through-Wall Crack

Part-Circumf.

ü

-

-

ü *

-

-

ü

-

-

User-Defined K(a) Tables

 

User-Defined
a1 versus K1 Table

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---

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

User-Defined IF or h1

 

User-Defined IF Coefficients

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ü

-

ü

-

-

ü

-

-

-