Record Written for Crack Propagation Analysis

This section describes the format of the individual records in the Abaqus results file.

The following record is written for each crack that is identified in the crack propagation analysis:

Record Format: Record Written for Crack Propagation Analysis

1993 Crack tip location and associated quantities
  1. Crack number.
  2. Secondary surface (A8 format).
  3. Main surface (A8 format).
  4. Initial crack-tip node number.
  5. Current crack-tip node number.
  6. Flag to indicate crack propagation criterion. 1 for crack length criterion. 2 for critical stress criterion. 3 for crack opening displacement criterion. 5 for VCCT criterion.
  7. Cumulative incremental crack length.
  8. Value of σf if critical stress criterion is used. Current value of critical crack opening displacement if crack opening displacement criterion is used.
  9. Value of τf if critical stress criterion is used.