PPView Help Manual

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Contents

1. About PPView

2. Basic usage

2.1 Installation

2.2 Window Layout

2.2.1 The menu bar

2.2.2 The toolbar

2.2.3 The model tree

3. Tutorial

3.1 Open an example kpp file (2D)

Fig. 3.1.1 Geometry and loading configuration of the plate with 3 holes and an initial crack positioned above the central hole.
Fig. 3.1.2 Contour plot of von Mises equivalent stress at propgation step 35.

3.2 Open an example kpp file (3D)

Fig. 3.2.1 Geometry, boundary conditions, and definition of crack-front angular position γ for a centrally embedded inclined penny-shaped crack in a cylindrical specimen under uniaxial tension.

KI=2σcos⁡2αaπ(3.2.1)K_{\mathrm{I}} = 2\sigma\cos^{2}\alpha \sqrt{\frac{a}{\pi}} \tag{3.2.1}

KII=−42−ν σsin⁡αcos⁡αaπsin⁡γ(3.2.2)K_{\mathrm{II}} = -\frac{4}{2-\nu}\,\sigma\sin\alpha\cos\alpha \sqrt{\frac{a}{\pi}}\sin\gamma \tag{3.2.2}

KIII=−4(1−ν)2−ν σsin⁡αcos⁡αaπcos⁡γ(3.2.3)K_{\mathrm{III}} = -\frac{4(1-\nu)}{2-\nu}\,\sigma\sin\alpha\cos\alpha \sqrt{\frac{a}{\pi}}\cos\gamma \tag{3.2.3}

where γ\gamma denotes the angular position along the crack front at which the SIFs are evaluated, σ\sigma is the applied remote stress (100 MPa), aa is the crack radius, ν\nu is Poisson's ratio, and α\alpha is the inclination angle of the initial crack (45∘45^\circ). The comparison between the theoretical solutions of the stress intensity factors and the results computed by PhiPsi is shown in the figure below.

Fig. 3.2.2 Comparison between theoretical SIF solutions and PhiPsi.

3.3 Import Abaqus model file