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Mechanical scripting interface 2025

`EquivalentSIFMethod`

Last update: 09.03.2026

class Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.SMARTCrackGrowth.EquivalentSIFMethod(*args, **kwds)

Bases: enum.Enum

Enum to specify the Equivalent SIF Method for SMART Crack Growth.

Overview

Attributes

Name
EmpiricalFunction
MaximumTangentialStress
PookCriterion
ProgramControlled
RichardFunction

Attribute detail

EquivalentSIFMethod.EmpiricalFunction = 4

EquivalentSIFMethod.MaximumTangentialStress = 1

EquivalentSIFMethod.PookCriterion = 3

EquivalentSIFMethod.ProgramControlled = 0

EquivalentSIFMethod.RichardFunction = 2

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