Blade View (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Blade View

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DARWIN helps the user to visualize and manipulate a three-dimensional component model, identifying the location where a crack might initiate, slicing the model along the plane where this crack is most likely to grow, and determining the stresses on this plane that will govern the growth rate of the crack.

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Blue Planet Studio

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