If you have an
interest in FRACTURE MECHANICS, please read on......
Analysis Design
Productivity Limited is a reseller of ANSYS finite element analysis software and
ZENCRACK fracture analysis software.
Zentech
International Ltd, a provider of consultancy and software for engineering and
commercial applications, is the developer of ZENCRACK.
ZENCRACK provides a
truly state of the art capability for modelling and analysing 3 dimensional
cracks and predicting their behaviour under static loading and their growth
under fatigue and time dependent loading. The software has been in continuous
development since 1990 and is proven in numerous
applications.
ZENCRACK provides two levels of analysis capability. For industries where static loading is important the program can be used to evaluate stress intensity factors using energy release rate and nodal displacement methods. For thermal transients, the instantaneous stress intensities may be evaluated through the transient to steady state conditions. Collapse analyses may also be undertaken allowing generation of data for failure assessments diagrams.
The second level of
capability provides a facility for 3D non-planar crack growth prediction for cases of fatigue and time dependent loading. This includes several options for crack growth data definition and a flexible "load system" approach for defining load spectra.
ZENCRACK uses the
finite element method via interfaces to Abaqus, Ansys and MSC.Marc to provide a versatile and powerful analysis tool. Users have at their disposal all of the capabilities within these finite element programs and may, if desired, include any number of non-linear features in an analysis in addition to being able to carry out a "standard" linear elastic fracture mechanics analysis:
In addition to providing an efficient meshing and analysis capability, ZENCRACK
also carries out significant post-processing of the finite element
results.
For more information
about ZENCRACK, please visit www.zentech.co.uk
For more information
about ANSYS and FEA consulting please visit www.adptld.uk.com