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Cornell Fracture Group

The CFG members include Prof. Tony Ingraffea, research associates, and graduate students. The mission of the Cornell Fracture Group is to create, to verify, and to
validate computational simulation systems for fracture control in
engineered systems. We have included some tutorial and demo simulations to illustrate some of the features and capabilities of the simulators. An equally important focus of the group is education at all levels. Our current and past research has focused on both experimental testing and numerical simulation of fatigue and fracture in a variety of materials. The research has been documented and cited in a number of theses, conference proceedings, reports, and journal articles.

Software Releases and Updates

	Updated version of FRANC2D/L for MSWindows is available.
	Computational Material Modeling Toolset Pamphlet
	If you are looking for the next generation of FRANC3D software - FRANC3D Version 5 - go to www.fracanalysis.com.
	F2DL CG - a program for computing crack growth life with FRANC2D/L

NOTE: we try to test all links and all versions of all codes, but if you find a problem - please send us email.

CFG Highlights

A video of multiscale polycrystal modeling presented at a recent DARPATech meeting is now online. The associated computational modeling toolset is described under Software Releases and Updates.

Congratulations are due Tony Ingraffea. Tony has received the Richard J. Almeida Award from Project High Jump. The award is "given each year to an individual whose dedication and contribution to High Jump have been extraordinary." The award was established in 2004 by the High Jump Board of Directors in honor of its chairman.

High Jump is an important outreach program, designed to provide support and stimulus to middle-school students in Chicago, helping them to prepare for success in some of the most challenging, college preparatory high schools in the country. For more information:
http://www.highjumpchicago.org/

Disclaimer

If you download and use the software made available here, please read the Policy Statement on the Software page. Also please read the News&FAQs if you have trouble using the software, especially CYGWIN executables. We will attempt to answer questions or fix problems in the software, but we are not obligated to provide such service. If you do ask for help with a particular problem, please provide as much detail as possible including input files, drawings, etc. The software that is provided here is intended for people with experience in fracture mechanics and boundary or finite elements. Please do not ask us for items that are not made available here - these types of requests will likely be ignored.