General Questions:
- What is AFGROW?
- Who develops AFGROW?
- How much does AFGROW cost?
- What kind of support do you offer?
- How can I contribute to AFGROW?
What is AFGROW?
AFGROW was originally developed as the Air Force fatigue crack growth life analysis tool. The
history of AFGROW can be traced back to ASDGRO, a program developed by Mr. Ed Davidson in
early to mid 1980's. A full history of AFGROW can be found on the
history page. Simply put, AFGROW is a program
that "predicts" the life of a metallic structure subject to repeated fatigue loading.
This prediction is used to establish an inspection schedule so that cracks may be found before
the structure fails.
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Who develops AFGROW?
AFGROW is under development by LexTech, Inc. The list of active developers can be found on the
developers page.
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How much does AFGROW cost?
The current release of AFGROW (V 4.0012.15) is the last Air Force Research Laboratory version and
is completely free of charge to download and use.
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What kind of support do you offer?
Context sensitive html help is included with AFGROW to provide information on how various AFGROW features
and capabilities may be used. In addition, a large number of references, including a comprehensive Users's
Guide and Technical Manual is available on the document
download section. Additional technical support
is available through LexTech, Inc.
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How can I contribute to AFGROW?
The developers of AFGROW are proud to have such an active user base and welcome all
comments and suggestions.
We are also very happy to add new features and capabilities, and will work with governments, industry, and
individuals to implement them. However, AFGROW is not open source and the source code is not available to
the public.