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3d crack modelling and calculation of j integral in ansys 13.0

Submitted by sbmarwadi on

hello,

i am trying to calculate a j integral values for a 3d crack in ansys.

i tried with a following txt code and as a input file.

the following code actully works for 2d crack for defined paths.what changes should be made to this for getting j-integral values in 3d crack?

ETABLE,SENE,SENE,

ETABLE,VOLU,VOLU

SEXP,W,SENE,VOLU,1,-1 ! CALCULATE STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY

SEXP,W,SENE,VOLU,1,-1

LPATH,n1,n2, …. nn ! DEFINE PATH POINTS BY NODE

PDEF,W,ETAB,W ! PUT STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY ON THE PATH

PCALC,INTG,J,W,YG ! INTEGRATE ENERGY W.R.T. GLOBAL Y

*GET,JA,PATH,,LAST,J ! GET FINAL VALUE OF INTEGRAL FOR 1ST TERM OF J

PDEF,CLEAR ! CLEAR OLD PATH VARIABLES

PVECT,NORM,NX,NY,NZ ! DEFINE THE PATH UNIT NORMAL VECTOR

PDEF,INTR,SX,SX ! PUT STRESS SX ON THE PATH

PDEF,INTR,SY,SY ! PUT STRESS SY ON THE PATH

PDEF,INTR,SXY,SXY ! PUT STRESS SXY ON THE PATH

PCALC,MULT,TX,SX,NX ! CALCULATE TRACTION TX

PCALC,MULT,C1,SXY,NY ! TX = SX*NX + SXY*NY

PCALC,ADD,TX,TX,C1

PCALC,MULT,TY,SXY,NX ! CALCULATE TRACTION TY

PCALC,MULT,C1,SY,NY ! TY = SXY*NX + SY*NY

PCALC,ADD,TY,TY,C1

*GET,DX,PATH,,LAST,S ! DEFINE PATH SHIFT AS 1% OF PATH LENGTH

DX=DX/100

PCALC,ADD,XG,XG,,,,-DX/2 ! SHIFT PATH FROM X TO X-DX/2 (GLOBAL X DIR.)

PDEF,INTR,UX1,UX ! DEFINE UX AT X-DX

PDEF,INTR,UY1,UY ! DEFINE UY AT X-DX

PCALC,ADD,XG,XG,,,,DX ! SHIFT PATH FROM X-DX/2 TO X+DX/2

PDEF,INTR,UX2,UX ! DEFINE UX AT X+DX

PDEF,INTR,UY2,UY ! DEFINE UY AT X+DX

PCALC,ADD,XG,XG,,,,-DX/2 ! SHIFT PATH BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION

C=(1/DX)

PCALC,ADD,C1,UX2,UX1,C,-C ! CALCULATE DERIVATIVE DUX/DX

PCALC,ADD,C2,UY2,UY1,C,-C ! CALCULATE DERIVATIVE DUY/DX

PCALC,MULT,C1,TX,C1 ! DEFINE INTEGRAND

PCALC,MULT,C2,TY,C2 ! = TX*DUX/DX + TY*DUY/DX

PCALC,ADD,C1,C1,C2

PCALC,INTG,J,C1,S ! FORM SECOND INTEGRAL (W.R.T. PATH LENGTH S)

*GET,JB,PATH,,LAST,J ! GET FINAL VALUE OF INTEGRAL FOR 2ND TERM OF J

JINT=JA-JB ! FOR FULL MODELS

PDEF,CLEAR ! CLEAR PATH VARIABLES

 

regards

swapnil