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 # `EquivalentSIFMethod`

 Last update: 09.03.2026 

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

Bases: [`enum.Enum`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html#enum.Enum)

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

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## Overview

### Attributes

Name[`EmpiricalFunction`](#EquivalentSIFMethod.EmpiricalFunction)[`MaximumTangentialStress`](#EquivalentSIFMethod.MaximumTangentialStress)[`PookCriterion`](#EquivalentSIFMethod.PookCriterion)[`ProgramControlled`](#EquivalentSIFMethod.ProgramControlled)[`RichardFunction`](#EquivalentSIFMethod.RichardFunction)<a id="attribute-detail"></a>

## Attribute detail

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### EquivalentSIFMethod.EmpiricalFunction *= 4*

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### EquivalentSIFMethod.MaximumTangentialStress *= 1*

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### EquivalentSIFMethod.PookCriterion *= 3*

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### EquivalentSIFMethod.ProgramControlled *= 0*

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### EquivalentSIFMethod.RichardFunction *= 2*