Zencrack

Technical features

Zencrack covers a wide range of technical areas including:

  • finite element analysis and meshing
  • crack growth laws
  • integration of crack growth through complex load cycles

This section describes capabilities in some of these technical areas.

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Technical features by topic

Finite elements and fracture mechanics

Zencrack couples the finite element method with specific fracture mechanics capabilities.

Meshing procedure

Zencrack provides a general meshing capability to introduce defects into a mesh and to simulate growth of the defects.

Pre and post processing

Zencrack includes a GUI as part of the pre and post processing activities for crack simulation.

Load definition

Zencrack includes a general "load system" methodology to enable simple load cases to complex thremo-mechanical load histories to be included in a simulation.

Analysis types

Zencrack may be used with linear or non-linear finite element models and for stationary or growing cracks.

Material and crack growth data

Zencrack supports temperature dependent material data and a variety of standard forms of fatigue and time dependent crack growth laws.

User subroutines

Zencrack includes a number of user subroutines which may help in more demanding models.

Supported platforms

Zencrack is avalaible for Windows and Linux platforms.

QA & Verfication

Zencrack is developed with emphasis on continuous testing of new and existing features.