Applications
FRANC3D is used in a wide range of structural integrity and damage tolerance evaluations, including:
- Aerospace structural components
- Pressure vessels and piping systems
- Rotating machinery
- Welded structures
- Life-extension programs
Turbine blade with a crack inserted at the leading edge of the airfoil.
Uncracked FE model.
Deformation for two frequencies.
Crack growth in the airfoil.
Compact tension (CT) model with an extra hole, based on Miranda et al., 2003, EFM 70.
Deformation for standard CT model.
Crack growth with added hole.
Crack growth for a lower hole.
Thick walled cylinder (pipe) subjected to bending and torsion.
Deformation contours of the uncracked model.
Cross-section view of crack growth.
Plan view of crack growth.
Spiral bevel gear tooth cracking, based on Ural et al., 2005, EFM 72.
Image of two cracked gear teeth.
Iinside view of crack growth.
Surface view of crack growth.
Partial crack front extension in a plate subjected to cyclic bending, based on Corbani et al., 2018, EFM 188.
Image of crack growth in plate specimen.
Edge-through crack growth.
Half-penny surface crack growth.
Cracking along a bending-rotating shaft within a disk, based on EPRI Report NP-3340, 1984.
Cracks on keyway surface.
Disk and shaft deformed shape and von Mises stress.
Multiple cracks grow and merge.
Cracking of a spline shaft.
Model of spline shaft and hub.
Deformation contours.
Crack growth through the spline.