Methods and systems for modeling stress intensity solutions for integrally stiffened panels

A computer-readable media containing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method of calculating stress intensities, the method comprising:

• providing a problem definition;
• automatically forming a finite element model at least partially based on the problem definition, including building a panel cross-section and extruding the panel cross-section to build a full panel model;
• automatically verifying a suitability condition of the finite element model;
• automatically solving a computational solution using the finite element model, including providing at least a portion of the computational solution for evaluation of a structure;
• and
• automatically validating the computational solution.

A method of performing stress intensity computations, comprising:

• providing a plurality of servers, each server being operatively coupled to at least one other server and having an application service;
• providing a plurality of client computers, each client computer being operatively coupled to at least one of the servers;
• providing a problem definition from a respective one of the client computers to a corresponding one of the servers;
• using the application service of the corresponding one of the servers, determining a resource availability of the corresponding one of the servers and if the resource availability is sufficient, performing an application corresponding to the problem definition on the corresponding one of the servers;
• if the resource availability of the corresponding one of the servers is not sufficient, using the application service of the corresponding one of the servers, determining a second resource availability of at least one other server and if the second resource availability is sufficient, performing the application corresponding to the problem definition on the other server;
• wherein performing the application includes:
• automatically forming a finite element model at least partially based on the problem definition, including building a panel cross-section and extruding the panel cross-section to build a full panel model;
• automatically verifying a suitability condition of the finite element model;
• automatically solving a computational solution using the finite element model, including providing at least a portion of the computational solution for evaluation of a structure;
• and
• automatically validating the computational solution.

A system for performing stress intensity computations, comprising:

• a plurality of servers, each server being operatively coupled to at least one other server and having an application service and a queue;
• a plurality of client computers, each client computer being operatively coupled to at least one of the servers and configured to provide a problem definition input by a user to a corresponding one of the servers;
• the application service being configured to determine a resource availability of the corresponding one of the servers and if the resource availability is sufficient, to perform an application corresponding to the problem definition on the corresponding one of the servers;
• if the resource availability of the corresponding one of the servers is not sufficient, the application service being further configured to determine a second resource availability of at least one other server and if the second resource availability is sufficient, to perform the application corresponding to the problem definition on the other server;
• the application service being further configured to:
• automatically form a finite element model at least partially based on the problem definition, including building a panel cross-section and extruding the panel cross-section to build a full panel model;
• automatically verify a suitability condition of the finite element model;
• automatically solve a computational solution using the finite element model, and provide at least a portion of the computational solution for evaluation of a structure;
• and
• automatically validate the computational solution.