The objective of the project documented in the following report was to simplify the use and further demonstrate the application of the complex formulation developed for the stress intensity solutions developed in the previous project. The primary output of the project is a set of software tools (i.e. a Microsoft Excel based tool and a standalone executable software tool) that allows for the rapid calculation of the stress intensity factor solutions along with a set of sample calculations illustrating the use of the software tools. Additionally, a set of sensitivity analyses have been performed...
The objective of the project documented in the following report was to simplify the use and further demonstrate the application of the complex formulation developed for the stress intensity solutions developed in the previous project. The primary output of the project is a set of software tools (i.e. a Microsoft Excel based tool and a standalone executable software tool) that allows for the rapid calculation of the stress intensity factor solutions along with a set of sample calculations illustrating the use of the software tools. Additionally, a set of sensitivity analyses have been performed that illustrate the effect of various parameters on the SIFs.