Updated AFMAT Database is now On-Line 28 March 2017 Alex-Litvinov General, Material data, New Features (0) Our Fracture Mechanics Database (AFMAT) has been completely redesigned to include more functionality [More]
New Features/Capabilities in AFGROW Release 5.3 21 December 2016 Alex-Litvinov General, Material data, New Features, new release (0) AFGROW, Release 5.3 includes a number of new capabilities that have resulted from User requests and input at our Workshops. While we haven’t been able to include all requests, we are happy to announce the following list of improvements and additions. 64 Bit Executable Code Converting AFGROW ... [More]
Through Cracked Holes - Bi-Axial Loading Conditions 10 August 2016 Administrator Bi-Axial loading, New Features (0) One of the items of interest at our recent European Workshop was the solution for through cracks at holes under bi-axial loading. We have recently done some modeling work to look at this case, and have some results for a few basic cases. Plate Width: 4 inches Plate Height: 4 inches Diamet... [More]
Finding Equivalent Crack Growth Rate Data for Similar Steel Alloys Paper 09 April 2015 Alex-Litvinov AFGROW Tips and Tricks, Rules of Thumb, Material data (0) A short article entitled: “Finding Equivalent Crack Growth Rate Data for Similar Steel Alloys” is now available for download. The article summarizes a method that may be useful when looking for an appropriate crack growth rate model for a material that is not directly available in AFGROW. The articl... [More]
2014 European AFGROW Workshop Summary 13 July 2014 Administrator General, Life Prediction, New Features, User Workshop (0) Predict, Preferences Issues/Suggestions Output intervals printed in "hours" if the option to display life in hours is selected in the Output Intervals tab Also, the crack length plots should be converted to hours In the Propagation Limit tab, the option to stop at a cycle limit should be automa... [More]
AFGROW different versions side by side instalation instructions 10 November 2013 Alex-Litvinov AFGROW Tips and Tricks, installation (0) It is possible to have multiple versions of AFGROW installed on the same computer at the same time. The only limitation is that for the COM purposes there can be only one version of AFGROW registered with Windows. Here are the instructions: Copy the previous version of AFGROW to an external drive... [More]