Typical Agenda for live Virtual NASGRO Training Course
(Five half-day sessions)
Session 1
- Course overview
- Theory and background on fatigue crack growth
- Introduction to NASGRO and the User Interface
- Overview of geometry library
Session 2
- Specifying material properties in NASFLA
- Load spectrum input
- Running the analysis and reviewing results
- Temperature effects on crack growth
Session 3
- Load interaction models
- Advanced load spectrum development
- Failure criteria
Session 4
- Special topics
- Small crack features and analysis
- Residual stress
- Shakedown
Session 5
- Material modeling in NASMAT
- Additional example problems