franc2d_casca

FRANC2D, CASCA and Translators

FRANC2D is a two dimensional, finite element based program for simulating curvilinear crack propagation in planar (plane stress, plane strain, and axisymmetric) structures. CASCA is a simple pre-processor for FRANC2D. Other 2D finite element programs can be used as a pre-processor for FRANC2D provided the data can be converted to FRANC2D input. We have some translators available that will convert commercial 2D finite element data to FRANC2D input.

FRANC2D Versions 3.1 and beyond are capable of reading in .inp files with more than 9999 nodes. Note that if you run the MS Windows version, you can run from the CMD shell with the -mem flag to allocate additional memory, i.e. "c:/franc/f2d.exe -mem 100000000". The FRANC2D Primer is both a tutorial and menu reference.

Download FRANC2D Version 3.2

	FRANC2D V3.2-3 for RedHat Linux ES4 (last update Nov 15, 2007)
	FRANC2D V3.2-3 for Windows XP/2000/NT (last update Nov 15, 2007) NOTE: This version compiled with Visual Studio 2005 and might require that you install the Microsoft runtime libraries: vcredist_x86.zip The versions below are old, but should still work. New releases for these operating systems will not be provided. Download FRANC2D Version 3.1
	FRANC2D V3.1 for HP UX 11.0 (last update October 31, 2003)
	FRANC2D V3.1 for SG IRIX 6.5 (64 bit) (last updated Dec 20, 2002)
	FRANC2D V3.1 for the DEC ALPHA Digital Unix 3.2D (last updated Dec 20, 2002)

Download FRANC2D Version 2.7

	FRANC2D for HP UX 11.0 (last update Sept 20, 2001)
	FRANC2D for Solaris 2.6/SunOS5.5.1(last update October 1, 1997)
	FRANC2D for the DEC ALPHA Digital Unix 3.2D

CASCA Version 3.1 is compatible with FRANC2D Version 3.1 as it is capable of writing out .inp files with more than 9999 nodes. The FRANC2D Primer is both a tutorial and menu reference for CASCA also.

Download CASCA Version 3.2

CASCA for Windows XP/2000/NT/98(last update Jan 28, 2007)

Download CASCA Version 3.1

	CASCA for HP UX 11.0 (last update October 31, 2003)
	CASCA for RH Linux 8.0 (last update October 31, 2003)

Download CASCA Version 2

	CASCA for Windows XP/2000/NT/98(last update December 20, 2002)
	CASCA for RH Linux 8.0 (last update December 20, 2002)
	CASCA for for HP UX 11.0 (last update December 20, 2002)
	CASCA for for SG IRIX 6.5 (64 bit) (last update December 20, 2002)
	CASCA for the DEC ALPHA Digital Unix 3.2D (last update December 20, 2002)
	CASCA for Solaris 2.6/SunOS5.5.1(last update October 1, 1997)

Translators from ansys (.cdb) to franc2d (.inp) for MS Windows and RedHat Linux 8.0 are available in executable form. These should work for ANSYS 6.1 files. Note that franc2d expects only one region. If the resulting .inp file fails to read into franc2d, try editing the file and remove the loading and fixity information at the end of the file.

Other translators for several different FEM packages are available below to allow one to convert FEM input into FRANC2D input. The source code is provided. You must compile the source yourself before running. Read through the comments at the top of the source code for some help. Otherwise, just use cc or f77 to compile the code (no other libraries or source is required).

The castofranc translator has been updated and a MSWindowsXP executable is provided below as well as the C source code. This version should work with the Cornell version of Casca and Franc2d/L - it will likely not work with the Kansas State version because of the difference in format in the .inp files. We now use a free format for the element node listing while the old version was restricted to field widths of 5.

Download Translators

	ANSYS to FRANC2D for RH Linux 8.0 (last update Dec 20, 2002)
	ANSYS to FRANC2D for Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95 (last update Dec 20, 2002)
	ABAQUS to FRANC2D
	old ANSYS to FRANC2D
	COSMOS to FRANC2D
	NISA to FRANC2D
	PATRAN to FRANC2D
	NASTRAN to FRANC2D
	CASTOFRANC C source code
	CASTOFRANC MSWinXP exe

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