/PREP7

SMRT,OFF
A FINITE WIDTH PLATE
/COM,
****** CRACK IN 3-DIMENSIONS USING SOLID185
/COM,
ET,1,SOLID185
! SOLID 185 ELEMENT
ET,2,SOLID185
! ELEMENTS AROUND THE CRACK TIP
MP,EX,1,3E7
MP,NUXY,1,0.3
CSYS,1
! CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE SYSTEM
N,1
NGEN,9,20,1
N,11,0.8
N,171,0.8,180
FILL,11,171,7,31,20
CSYS,0
! CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM
FILL,1,11,9,2,1,9,20,3
N,15,4
N,75,4,5
FILL,15,75,2,35,20
N,155,-1,5
FILL,75,155,3,95,20
N,172,-1
FILL,155,172,5,177,-1,,,.15
FILL,11,15,3,,,7,20,3
NGEN,2,200,1,177,,,,.25
/OUT,SCRATCH
E,2,22,1,1,202,222,201,201
EGEN,8,20,-1
E,2,3,23,22,202,203,223,222
EGEN,8,20,-1
EGEN,9,1,-8
EGEN,5,1,73,78
E,171,151,173,172,371,351,373,372
E,151,131,174,173,351,331,374,373
E,131,132,175,174,331,332,375,374
EGEN,3,1,-1
E,134,135,155,177,334,335,355,377
TYPE,2
EMODIF,1
! MODIFY ELEMENTS 1 TO 8 FROM TYPE,1 TO
TYPE,2
*REPEAT,8,1
NUMMRG,NODE
! MERGE COINCIDENT NODES
ALLSEL,ALL
/OUT,
NSEL,S,LOC,X,0
NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0
NLIST
CM,CRACKTIP,NODE
! CRACK TIP NODE COMPONENT
ALLSEL,ALL
NSEL,S,LOC,X,-1
DSYM,SYMM,X
! SYMMETRY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
NSEL,S,LOC,X,0,4
NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0
DSYM,SYMM,Y
! SYMMETRY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
ALLSEL,ALL

D,ALL,UZ,0
ALLSEL,ALL
NSEL,S,LOC,Y,5
SF,ALL,PRES,-0.5641895
! SURFACE PRESSURE
ALLSEL,ALL
FINI
/SOLU
AUTOTS,ON
NSUBST,10
OUTRES,ALL,ALL
CINT,NEW,1
! CRACK ID
CINT,TYPE,SIFS
! DEFINE CRACK TYPE
CINT,CTNC,CRACKTIP,NODE(-1,0,0)
!DEFINE CRACK TIP COMPONENT
CINT,NCON,6
! NO OF CONTOURS
CINT,SYMM,ON
! SYMMETRY ON
CINT,NORM,0,2
! CRACK PLANE NORMAL
CINT,LIST
ALLSEL,ALL
SAVE
/NERR,0,,,,
/OUT,SCRATCH
SOLVE
FINI
/POST1
/OUT,
PRCINT,1,1,K1
! PRINT K VALUES
*GET,K,CINT,1,CTIP,NODE(0,0,0),,5,,K1
! GET K VALUE FOR CRACK TIP
NODE
*STATUS,K
*DIM,LABEL,CHAR,1,
*DIM,VALUE,,1,3
LABEL(1,1) = 'KI ',
*VFILL,VALUE(1,1),DATA,1.0249
! STRESS INTENSITY VALUE OBTAINED
FROM REFERENCE
*VFILL,VALUE(1,2),DATA,K
*VFILL,VALUE(1,3),DATA,ABS(K/1.0249)
SAVE,TABLE_2
FINISH
/CLEAR, NOSTART
! CLEAR DATABASE FOR 3RD SOLUTION
/OUT,
/COM ************* CRACK IN 3D PLATE USING SOLID 186 ELEMENT
******************* C
/PREP7
SMRT,OFF
/TITLE,VM256 FRACTURE MECHANICS STRESS INTENSITY - CRACK IN A FINITE
WIDTH PLATE
/COM,
****** CRACK IN 3-DIMENSIONS USING SOLID186
/COM,
ET,1,PLANE183
ET,2,186
! SOLID ELEMENT 186
MP,EX,1,30E6
MP,NUXY,1,0.3
K,1
! DEFINE KEYPOINTS AND LINE SEGMENTS

K,2,4
K,3,4,5
K,4,-1,5
K,5,-1
L,1,2
L,2,3
LESIZE,2,,,4
L,3,4
LESIZE,3,,,4
L,4,5,
LESIZE,4,,,6,.2
L,5,1
ESIZE,,5
KSCON,1,.15,0,8
SINGULAR ELEMENTS
AL,1,2,3,4,5
AMESH,1

! DEFINE CRACK TIP ELEMENT SIZE, NO

TYPE,2
ESIZE,,2
VEXT,1,,,0,0,0.25
ALLSEL
ESEL,S,ENAME,,183
ACLEAR,1
ALLSEL
/OUT,
NSEL,S,LOC,X,0
NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0
NLIST
CM,CRACKTIP,NODE
! CRACK TIP NODE COMPONENT
ALLSEL,ALL
NSEL,S,LOC,X,-1
DSYM,SYMM,X
! SYMMETRY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
NSEL,S,LOC,X,0,4
NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0
DSYM,SYMM,Y
! SYMMETRY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
ALLSEL,ALL
D,ALL,UZ,0
ALLSEL,ALL
NSEL,S,LOC,Y,5
SF,ALL,PRES,-0.5641895
! SURFACE PRESSURE
ALLSEL,ALL
FINI
/SOLU
AUTOTS,ON
NSUBST,10
OUTRES,ALL,ALL
CINT,NEW,1
! CRACK ID
CINT,TYPE,SIFS
! DEFINE CRACK TYPE
CINT,CTNC,CRACKTIP,NODE(-1,0,0)
!DEFINE CRACK TIP COMPONENT
CINT,NCON,6
! NO OF CONTOURS
CINT,SYMM,ON
! SYMMETRY ON
CINT,NORM,0,2
! CRACK PLANE NORMAL
CINT,LIST
ALLSEL,ALL
SAVE

/NERR,0,,,,
/OUT,SCRATCH
SOLVE
FINI
/POST1
/OUT,
PRCINT,1,1,K1
! PRINT K VALUES
*GET,K,CINT,1,CTIP,NODE(0,0,0),,5,,K1
! GET K VALUE FOR CRACK TIP
NODE
*STATUS,K
*DIM,LABEL,CHAR,1,
*DIM,VALUE,,1,3
LABEL(1,1) = 'KI ',
*VFILL,VALUE(1,1),DATA,1.0249
! STRESS INTENSITY VALUE OBTAINED
FROM REFERENCE
*VFILL,VALUE(1,2),DATA,K
*VFILL,VALUE(1,3),DATA,ABS(K/1.0249)
SAVE,TABLE_3
FINISH
RESUME,TABLE_1
/COM
/OUT,vm256,vrt
/COM,------------------- VM256 RESULTS COMPARISON -------------/COM,
/COM,
| TARGET |
Mechanical APDL | RATIO
/COM,
/COM, ****************************************
/COM, USING PLANE 183 ELEMENT (2-D ANALYSIS)
/COM, *****************************************
/COM,
*VWRITE,LABEL(1,1),VALUE(1,1),VALUE(1,2),VALUE(1,3)
(1X,A8,'
',F10.4,' ',F14.4,'
',F15.3)
/NOPR
RESUME,TABLE_2
/GOPR
/COM,
/COM, *****************************************
/COM, USING SOLID 185 ELEMENT (3-D ANALYSIS)
/COM, *****************************************
/COM,
*VWRITE,LABEL(1,1),VALUE(1,1),VALUE(1,2),VALUE(1,3)
(1X,A8,'
',F10.4,' ',F14.4,'
',F15.3)
/NOPR
RESUME,TABLE_3
/GOPR
/COM,
/COM, ********************************************************
/COM, USING SOLID 186 ELEMENT - SURFACE CRACK (3-D ANALYSIS)
/COM, ********************************************************
/COM,
*VWRITE,LABEL(1,1),VALUE(1,1),VALUE(1,2),VALUE(1,3)
(1X,A8,'
',F10.4,' ',F14.4,'
',F15.3)
/NOPR
/COM,
/COM,----------------------------------------------------------/OUT

FINISH
*LIST,vm256,vrt