Instron® Bluehill® Fracture Standards Library


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SYNOPSISBluehill Fracture Standards Library is a Microsoft Windows PC compatible software package, developed by Instron - Division of ITW Limited, that provides a library of analysis functionality used by the Instron Bluehill Fracture software.


Brittle KIc
Specimens
supported

ASTM E399-20ª CT Load Line
CT Front Face
SENB
Disk Front Face
Disk Load Line
Arc Tension
Arc Bend
ISO 12135:2021 CT Load Line
CT Front Face
SENB
ASTM B645 (ASTM E399-20a) CT Load Line
BS 7448-1:1991 CT Load Line
CT Front Face
SENB
Brittle J/CTOD
Specimens
supported

BS 7448-1:1991  CT Load Line
CT Front Face
SENB
Ductile JIc/CTODIc
Specimens
supported

ASTM E1820-20b  CT Load Line
SENB
Disk Load Line
Ductile DCPD (JIc/CTODIc)
Specimens
supported

ASTM E1820-20b CT Load Line
SENB
Disk Load Line
Crack growth
Specimens
supported

Crack growth - compliance or DCPD (ASTM E647 & ISO 12108 – control and recording only - excludes analysis)  CT Load Line
CT Front Face
SENB
Disk Front Face
Disk Load Line 
Arc Tension 
MT Uniform stress
MT Uniform displacement
MT Pin loaded
RELEASE NOTES
Version 2.0 Build 22018.01 (18/January/2022)
  • Support added for:
    • J Integral calculation to BS7448-1:1991
    • J Integral calculation to E1820-20b (Annex 18 - DCPD Method)
    • ISO 12135:2021
    • KIC ISO12135:2021
  • Requires Bluehill Fracture V2.0 or later
Version 1.3. (20/May/2021)
  • Support added for:
    • E399-20a
    • E1820-20b
    • BS-7448-1:1991 - CTOD Calculation
  • Requires Bluehill Fracture V1.3 or later
Version 1.2. Build 20167 (23/Jun/2020)
  • Support added for:
    • E399-20
    • E1820-20ε1
  • Requires Bluehill Fracture V1.2 or later
Version 1.2. Build 20063 (10/Mar/2020)
  • Support added for:
    • Crack Growth tests
    • Disk CT Load Line, Disk CT Front Face, and Arc Tension specimens
    • ASTM E1820-20 analysis of JIC and CTOD only
  • Requires Bluehill Fracture V1.2 or later
Version 1.1 (07/Nov/2019)
  • Support added for:
    • ASTM E399-19 analysis of KIC only
    • ASTM B645-10 analysis of KIC only
    • ASTM E1820-18a analysis of JIC and CTOD only
  • Requires Bluehill Fracture V1.1 or later
Version 1.0 (04/Feb/2019)
  • Initial release with support for:
    • ASTM E399-2017 analysis of KIC only
    • ASTM E399-2012 analysis of KIC only
    • BS 7448-1:1991 analysis of KIC only
    • ISO 12135:2016 analysis of KIC only
    • ISO 12135:2002 analysis of KIC only
  • Requires Bluehill Fracture V1.0 or later

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