crack modeling in ansys

Dhanashri,

You can model the crack as a mathematically sharp one. You will need to use symmetry criterions if you want to generate a whole model. You can probably go through Prof. Phan's (Univ. of Southern Alabama) Ansys Tutorials to get a fair idea of what you need to do. 

http://www.southalabama.edu/engineering/mechanical/phan/ANSYS_LEFM01.pdf

Good Luck, 

Arun

Hi Dhanashri,

you wanna simulate the 2D crack in ANSYS, well if you are interested in crack propagation then you need to model the crack in pre domain and then find the stress intensity factor K-I, K-II, K-III, at the crack tip to evaluate the propagation of crack, well you can use the beam or plane element, rather you can also use the shell element, but one thing you need to modelled the singular element at the crack tip as well as the co-ordinate system to read the result in the local domain.

I hope this will help you to start your problem in ANSYS, if you need any help or want some standard input file you can write me mail or give me your id , I will try to mail the same.

Thanks and Best Luck.

dr.mmaaa

Hi  I want to model crack with matlab, I wonder if sombody can help me

thanks

any one can help how to do full crack modelling in ansys. in my project in symmetric condition. if possiable then show how to do using GUI command.