Home

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

	Computational Material Modeling Toolset Pamphlet
	Version 3.2 of FRANC3D and OSM for RedHat Linux and for MS Windows are available. Documentation will be posted for version 3.2 if we ever get time to update it.
	We will only be providing versions of our software for MSWindows and Linux operating systems.

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

	Congratulations to Megan Polaha on winning for the cracking dams web site from WebQuest Direct.
	ICF12 HIGHLIGHTS: The CFG presented 6 papers at ICF12 in Ottawa. Click here to see each presentation. Also, Prof. Ingraffea was inducted as an ICF Honorary Fellow "For his pioneering contributions to the advancement of computational simulation of fatigue and fracture processes leading to the improved understanding of practical applications for integrity assessment of engineering structures".
	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.