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1 The 10th Joint DOD/NASA/FAA Conference on Aging Aircraft April 16-19, 2007 Numerical Strip-Yield Calculation of CTOD Joachim Beek Royce Forman NASA Johnson Space Center Houston https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20070017318 2018-06-10T22:52:10+00:00Z

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1

The

10th

Joi

nt D

OD

/NA

SA/F

AA

Con

fere

nce

on A

ging

A

ircra

ftA

pril

16-1

9, 2

007

Num

eric

al S

trip

-Yie

ld C

alcu

latio

nof

CTO

D

Joac

him

Bee

kR

oyce

For

man

NA

SA J

ohns

on S

pace

Cen

ter

Hou

ston

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20070017318 2018-06-10T22:52:10+00:00Z

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2

Out

line

CTO

D b

ackg

roun

d

Usi

ng B

ound

ary

Ele

men

ts to

cal

cula

te c

rack

face

di

spla

cem

ents

Theo

ryP

ract

ical

pro

cedu

reE

xam

ple

case

s

Sum

mar

y an

d fu

ture

pla

ns

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3

CTO

D b

ackg

roun

d:pl

astic

zon

e si

zes

Irwin

(195

8)LE

FM g

ives

σ~1

/√r;

how

ever

: rea

l mat

eria

ls y

ield

Cra

ck b

ehav

es a

s if

it w

ere

long

er: a

eff=

a+ρ

Pla

stic

zon

e si

ze e

stim

ated

from

stre

ss re

dist

ribut

ion

Dug

dale

(196

0)Y

ield

ing

conf

ined

to n

arro

w s

trip

ahea

d of

cra

ck

(the

“stri

p yi

eld”

mod

el)

Stre

sses

at “

effe

ctiv

e” c

rack

tip

(a+ρ

) are

fini

teY

ield

zon

e lo

adin

g ne

utra

lizes

stre

ss s

ingu

larit

y du

e to

rem

ote

load

ing

plas

tic z

one

size

est

imat

ed fr

om s

ettin

g K(

a+ρ)

=0

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4

CTO

D b

ackg

roun

d:pl

astic

zon

e si

zes,

con

t’d

Kno

wle

dge

of ρ

enab

led

deriv

atio

n of

exp

licit

CTO

D

expr

essi

onC

ompl

ex-v

aria

ble

anal

ysis

use

d (n

o fu

ll el

astic

-pla

stic

ana

lysi

s)E

last

ic-p

last

ic b

ehav

ior m

odel

ed b

y su

perp

ositi

on o

f 2 e

last

icso

lutio

ns

Wel

ls (1

963)

CTO

D is

pro

porti

onal

to o

vera

ll te

nsile

stra

in, e

ven

afte

r gen

eral

yi

eldi

ng CTO

D b

ecam

e w

idel

y ac

cept

ed a

s a

usef

ul fr

actu

re c

riter

ion

whe

n ef

fect

s of

the

crac

k tip

pla

stic

zon

e ar

e im

porta

nt

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5

CTO

D b

ackg

roun

d:so

me

calc

ulat

ion

met

hods

Dug

dale

’sm

odel

Bas

ed o

n th

in in

finite

pla

te, p

lane

stre

ss, r

emot

e te

nsio

nE

xten

sion

s to

oth

er in

finite

geo

met

ries

limite

d to

a fe

w p

artic

ular

ca

ses

Arb

itrar

y fin

ite g

eom

etrie

s re

quire

tailo

r-m

ade

elas

tic s

olut

ions

Wei

ght f

unct

ion,

gre

en’s

func

tion,

col

loca

tion

met

hods

Dev

elop

ed fo

r par

ticul

ar fi

nite

geo

met

ries

Pot

entia

lly h

eavy

com

puta

tiona

l bur

den

(e.g

. ref

eren

ce s

olut

ions

)

Fini

te e

lem

ents

Gen

eral

-pur

pose

, but

als

o se

vere

com

puta

tiona

l tol

l W

here

beh

ind

the

crac

k tip

to m

easu

re C

TOD

?1st

node

, 2nd

node

, 45°

inte

rcep

t, or

som

e pr

escr

ibed

dis

tanc

eR

e-m

eshi

ng b

urde

n fo

r ana

lyse

s of

mul

tiple

load

s or

cra

cks

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6

Usi

ng B

ound

ary

Elem

ents

to c

alcu

late

cr

ack

face

dis

plac

emen

ts: t

heor

y

Dire

ct a

pplic

atio

n of

con

vent

iona

l BE

Ms

to fr

actu

re

prob

lem

s le

ads

to m

athe

mat

ical

ly d

egen

erat

e fo

rmul

atio

nC

ause

: geo

met

ric p

roxi

mity

of c

rack

sur

face

sIn

form

atio

n ab

out c

rack

face

trac

tions

is lo

stC

an c

ircum

vent

by

deve

lopi

ng a

dditi

onal

inte

gral

equ

atio

n fo

r cr

ack

face

trac

tions

One

app

roac

h:D

eriv

e cr

ack

face

trac

tion

equa

tion

from

dis

plac

emen

t eqn

via

Stra

in-d

ispl

acem

ent r

elat

ions

, Hoo

ke’s

law

, lim

iting

pro

cess

Res

ultin

g eq

uatio

n co

ntai

ns h

yper

sing

ular

kern

elR

equi

res

spec

ial i

nter

pret

atio

n; c

halle

ngin

g to

eva

luat

e nu

mer

ical

ly

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7

Usi

ng B

ound

ary

Elem

ents

to c

alcu

late

cr

ack

face

dis

plac

emen

ts: t

heor

y (c

ont’d

)

Bet

ter a

ppro

ach

(Pro

f. M

eare

t al,

Uni

vof

Tex

as):

Hyp

ersi

ngul

arity

avoi

ded

by e

limin

atin

g th

e of

fend

ing

term

s in

the

disp

lace

men

t equ

atio

n be

fore

deriv

ing

tract

ion

equa

tion:

A

ppro

pria

te c

hoic

e of

stre

ss fu

nctio

n fo

r the

stre

ss k

erne

l In

tegr

atio

n by

par

ts to

obt

ain

a “m

odifi

ed” d

ispl

acem

ent e

quat

ion

Cra

ck fa

ce tr

actio

n eq

uatio

n is

then

der

ived

as

befo

re

(stra

in-d

ispl

acem

ent r

elat

ions

, Hoo

ke’s

Law

, lim

iting

pro

cess

)

Oth

er p

ract

ical

ben

efits

: sm

all m

esh

size

and

fast

sol

utio

n tim

es

This

is th

e ba

sis

of N

AS

GR

O’s

BE

com

pone

nt

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8

Usi

ng B

ound

ary

Elem

ents

to c

alcu

late

cr

ack

face

dis

plac

emen

ts: t

heor

y (c

ont’d

)

Gra

dien

ts o

f rel

ativ

e cr

ack

face

dis

plac

emen

ts Δ

DD

escr

ibed

by

disl

ocat

ion

dens

ity fu

nctio

n A

Ais

app

roxi

mat

ed b

y fu

nctio

ns c

onta

inin

g th

e re

quis

ite s

ingu

larit

yA j

are

noda

l qua

ntiti

es in

th

e ve

ctor

of u

nkno

wns

so

lved

by

NA

SB

EM

Tech

niqu

e im

plem

ente

d in

N

AS

BE

M to

inte

grat

e A

ΔDis

sum

of c

ontri

butio

ns

from

eac

h cr

ack

elem

ent

betw

een

the

tip a

nd th

e po

int o

f int

eres

t

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9

NA

SBEM

is N

ASG

RO

’sB

ound

ary

Elem

ent A

naly

sis

mod

ule

NA

SG

RO

is a

n an

alys

is s

oftw

are

suite

with

four

dis

tinct

mod

ules

:Fr

actu

re m

echa

nics

an

d fa

tigue

cra

ck

grow

th a

naly

sis

(NA

SFL

A s

erie

s)Fr

actu

re a

nd fa

tigue

cr

ack

grow

th m

ater

ial

prop

erty

dat

abas

e;

fittin

g of

exp

erim

enta

l da

ta (N

AS

MA

T)2D

bou

ndar

y el

emen

t st

ress

ana

lysi

s an

d st

ress

inte

nsity

fact

or

calc

ulat

ion

(NA

SB

EM

)Fa

tigue

cra

ck

form

atio

n (in

itiat

ion)

an

alys

is (N

AS

FOR

M)

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10

NA

SGR

O h

isto

ry

1980

s:N

AS

A/F

LAG

RO

dev

elop

men

t ini

tiate

d to

pro

vide

frac

ture

con

trol

anal

ysis

for m

anne

d sp

ace

prog

ram

sN

AS

A F

ract

ure

Con

trol M

etho

dolo

gy P

anel

form

ed to

sta

ndar

dize

m

etho

ds a

nd m

onito

r NA

SA

/FLA

GR

O d

evel

opm

ent

1990

s:N

AS

A In

tera

genc

y W

orki

ng G

roup

(NA

SA

, DoD

, FA

A, E

SA

) for

med

to

prov

ide

guid

ance

for N

AS

A/F

LAG

RO

dev

elop

men

tA

dditi

onal

NA

SA

, FA

A, U

SA

F su

ppor

t for

agi

ng a

ircra

ft

2000

s:N

AS

A a

nd S

outh

wes

t Res

earc

h In

stitu

te®

sign

Spa

ce A

ct A

gree

men

t fo

r joi

nt N

AS

GR

O d

evel

opm

ent

NA

SG

RO

Indu

stria

l Con

sorti

um fo

rmed

by

Sw

RI;

mem

bers

incl

ude

gove

rnm

ent a

genc

ies

and

indu

stria

l rep

rese

ntat

ives

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11

Exam

ple

of ty

pica

l NA

SBEM

use

:O

rbite

r fee

dlin

eflo

wlin

er

Fatig

ue c

rack

s in

flow

liner

(LH

2su

pply

to S

SM

E)

1’ Ø

, 8-1

2’ L

Bel

low

s w

ithin

gi

mba

lling

join

tsFl

owlin

ers

insi

de

bello

ws

to

smoo

th fl

owC

once

rn:

Eng

ine

failu

re d

ue

to d

ebris

Loss

of

mis

sion

or

vehi

cle

NA

SB

EM

use

d to

get

Kvs

a

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12

Usi

ng N

ASB

EM to

cal

cula

te C

TOD

: pr

oced

ure

Use

NA

SB

EM

to c

onst

ruct

mod

el“M

athe

mat

ical

” cra

ck c

onsi

stin

g of

Phy

sica

l cra

ck a

Coh

esiv

e lo

ad z

one ρ

App

lied

load

ing

Coh

esiv

e yi

eld

load

ing

Follo

win

g D

ugda

le’s

idea

Pla

stic

zon

e is

siz

ed s

o th

at

Kdu

e to

coh

esiv

e lo

adin

g ca

ncel

s K

due

to a

pplie

d lo

adin

g:K σ

y =

-Kσ

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13

Usi

ng N

ASB

EM to

cal

cula

te C

TOD

: pr

oced

ure

(con

t’d)

For a

giv

en y

ield

stre

ss σ

Y, a

chie

ve

K(a+ρ)

= K

σy+

K σ=

0by

set

ting

the

plas

tic z

one

size

ρan

d ite

ratin

g on

the

rem

ote

stre

ss σ

adva

ntag

e: n

o ne

ed to

rem

esh

whi

le it

erat

ing

or b

y se

tting

the

rem

ote

stre

ss σ

and

itera

ting

on ρ

adva

ntag

e: C

TOD

obt

aine

d fo

r sp

ecifi

c va

lues

of σ

CTO

D v

alue

is g

iven

by

crac

k fa

ce

disp

lace

men

t at t

ip o

f phy

sica

l cra

ck a

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14

Usi

ng N

ASB

EM to

cal

cula

te C

TOD

: re

sults

Mes

hQ

uadr

atic

bou

ndar

y el

emen

ts, l

inea

r cra

ck e

lem

ents

Sm

alle

r mes

h si

ze th

an o

ther

BE

M fo

rmul

atio

nsTy

pica

l err

or <

3% w

ith 2

0 el

emen

ts o

r les

s pe

r bou

ndar

y or

cra

ckC

rack

face

load

ing

disc

ontin

uity

requ

ires

a fin

er m

esh

Fast

resu

lts (e

xam

ple

case

s ru

n in

2-3

sec

onds

)

Con

figur

atio

ns s

tudi

edC

ente

r cra

ck in

fini

te a

nd in

finite

she

ets

Edg

e cr

ack

in fi

nite

she

etC

rack

s fro

m h

oles

in in

finite

she

ets

Per

iodi

c cr

acks

in in

finite

she

et3-

hole

tens

ion

spec

imen

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15

CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

repr

oduc

ing

Dug

dale

’sre

sult

Firs

t ver

ifica

tion

case

Rep

rodu

cing

Dug

dale

’sm

odel

re

ally

sho

uld

wor

k!

Dug

dale

mod

el c

onsi

sts

ofC

ente

r cra

ck in

infin

ite p

late

Rem

ote

unifo

rm te

nsio

n C

ohes

ive

yiel

d st

ress

on

crac

k fa

ces

near

cra

ck ti

ps

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16

CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

repr

oduc

ing

Dug

dale

’sre

sult,

con

t’d

Res

ults

virt

ually

iden

tical

ov

er w

ide

rang

e of

σ/σ

Y

4 si

gnifi

cant

dig

itsno

n-un

iform

erro

r du

e to

man

ually

ite

ratin

g to

K=0

σ/ σ

YC

TOD

/(σYa

/E)

BEM

CTO

D/(σ

Ya/E

)D

ugda

leEr

ror

(%)

0.16

0.08

100.

0813

0.37

0.24

0.18

450.

1854

0.49

0.32

0.33

620.

3362

00.

400.

5397

0.53

970

0.48

0.81

000.

8050

0.62

0.56

1.14

691.

1470

0.01

0.64

1.58

901.

5890

00.

722.

1740

2.17

400

0.80

2.99

002.

9900

00.

884.

2650

4.26

400.

020.

967.

0620

7.04

900.

18

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17

CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

edge

cra

ck

Ver

ifica

tion

case

: C(T

) spe

cim

en w

ith W

=3, a

=1P

last

ic z

one

size

and

CTO

D w

ere

calc

ulat

ed (ρ

is s

how

n he

re)

Exc

elle

nt a

gree

men

t with

col

loca

tion

resu

lts b

y N

ewm

an &

Mal

l, an

d al

so T

erad

a (b

oth

1983

)

0.00

00

0.20

00

0.40

00

0.60

00

0.80

00

1.00

00

1.20

00

1.40

00

0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

P/σ

Y

ρ

BE

New

man

& M

all

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18

CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

1 cr

ack

from

a h

ole,

infin

ite p

late

Ver

ifica

tion

case

: 1 c

rack

from

a h

ole

in a

n in

finite

pla

te

unde

r rem

ote

unia

xial

load

ing

Pla

stic

zon

e si

ze c

alcu

late

dE

xcel

lent

cor

rela

tion

to a

naly

tical

resu

lts b

y R

ich

(com

plex

-va

riabl

e an

alys

is w

ith c

onfo

rmal

map

ping

, 196

8)

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CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

2 cr

acks

from

a h

ole,

infin

ite p

late

Ver

ifica

tion

case

: pla

stic

zon

e si

ze s

tudi

ed fo

r var

ious

val

ues

of a

/RD

iffer

ence

bet

wee

n N

AS

BE

M a

nd R

ich

< 2.

5%La

rger

ρin

sm

all c

rack

s du

e to

hig

her s

tress

con

cent

ratio

n at

hol

eS

olut

ion

appr

oach

es D

ugda

leso

lutio

n fo

r lar

ge a

/R

0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00 0.0

00.2

00.4

00.6

00.8

01.0

0σ/σ Y

ρ/c

a/R=0

.5 (B

E)a/R

=0.5

(Rich

)a/R

=1 (B

E)a/R

=1 (R

ich)

a/R=2

(BE)

a/R=2

(Rich

)

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CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

perio

dic

crac

ks in

an

infin

ite s

heet

Pra

ctic

al c

onsi

dera

tions

:H

ow to

mod

el a

n in

finite

num

ber o

f cra

cks?

7 cr

acks

see

ms

a go

od a

ppro

xim

atio

n --

idea

take

n fro

m li

tera

ture

on

mod

ellin

gla

rge

arra

ys o

f fus

elag

e fa

sten

ers

BE

com

pare

d to

Tad

a (W

este

rgaa

rdst

ress

func

tion,

197

4)

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CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

perio

dic

crac

ks in

an

infin

ite

shee

t, co

nt’d

Exc

elle

nt c

orre

latio

n fo

r pla

stic

zon

e si

ze v

app

lied

stre

ss

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CTO

D v

erifi

catio

n ca

se:

perio

dic

crac

ks in

an

infin

ite s

heet

, co

nt’d

Exc

elle

nt c

orre

latio

n fo

r CTO

D v

pla

stic

zo

ne s

ize

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CTO

D c

alcu

latio

ns:

cent

er c

rack

in fi

nite

-wid

th s

heet

BE

com

pare

d to

te

st d

ata

(For

man

, 19

66)

Test

s on

0.0

20”

AM

350C

RT

stee

l sh

eet f

or to

ughn

ess

varia

tion

with

sp

ecim

en s

ize

Pla

stic

zon

e si

zes

wer

e m

easu

red

phot

ogra

phic

ally

NA

SB

EM

com

pare

s w

ell w

ith te

st d

ata

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CTO

A c

alcu

latio

ns

Usi

ng N

AS

BE

M a

s a

fract

ure

pred

icto

r:C

rack

tip

open

ing

angl

e (C

TOA

) has

bee

n no

ted

by m

any

to b

e a

usef

ul fr

actu

re c

riter

ion

CTO

A is

cal

cula

ted

at ~

0.04

” (1

mm

) beh

ind

the

crac

k tip

Com

paris

ons

to a

naly

tical

resu

lts o

n pr

evio

us p

ages

wer

e fo

r CTO

D a

t cra

ck ti

p (“δ 5

”) –

not a

pra

ctic

al lo

catio

n fo

r rea

l m

easu

rem

ents

CTO

A =

2 *

tan-1

(CTO

D/2

x), w

here

x is

dis

tanc

e be

hind

cra

ck ti

p

Com

paris

ons

for

M(T

) spe

cim

en: A

l 707

5-T6

, Al 2

024-

T81

3-ho

le te

nsio

n sp

ecim

en: A

l 707

5

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CTO

A c

alcu

latio

ns:

cent

er c

rack

in fi

nite

-wid

th s

heet

BE

com

pare

d to

test

da

ta (F

orm

an, 1

966)

M(T

) spe

cim

ens,

0.0

60”

shee

tA

l 707

5-T6

, 202

4-T8

1

Idea

was

to s

ee if

ca

lcul

ated

CTO

D o

r C

TOA

was

reas

onab

ly

cons

tant

ove

r cra

ck

size

a

look

s go

od fo

r 707

5le

ss s

o fo

r 202

4

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

01

23

45

a

CTOA70

75-T

6

2024

-T81

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CTO

A c

alcu

latio

ns:

3-ho

le te

nsio

n sp

ecim

en

3-ho

le te

nsio

n (T

HT)

spe

cim

en s

imul

ates

Kfo

r a

crac

ked

stiff

ened

pan

elK

curv

e ta

ken

from

AS

TM S

TP 8

96 (1

985)

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CTO

A c

alcu

latio

ns:

3-ho

le te

nsio

n sp

ecim

en

CTO

A c

alcu

late

d fo

r fai

lure

load

s ta

ken

from

AS

TM ro

und-

robi

n on

ex

perim

enta

l and

pre

dict

ive

fract

ure

anal

ysis

met

hods

(AS

TM

STP

896

)K

and

cal

cula

ted

CTO

A s

how

that

TH

T is

a c

ompl

ex c

onfig

urat

ion

Wor

k is

in p

rogr

ess

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Sum

mar

y

Man

y ex

istin

g m

etho

ds to

cal

cula

te C

TOD

can

be

cost

ly a

nd

com

plic

ated

, or a

pply

onl

y to

par

ticul

ar c

onfig

urat

ions

A n

ew n

umer

ical

met

hod

for c

alcu

latin

g C

TOD

was

in

vest

igat

edN

AS

GR

O’s

Bou

ndar

y E

lem

ent m

odul

e N

AS

BE

M w

as a

dapt

ed to

ca

lcul

ate

disp

lace

men

ts a

t any

poi

nt o

n th

e cr

ack

Dem

onst

rate

d fo

r a n

umbe

r of c

rack

con

figur

atio

ns:

finite

and

infin

ite d

omai

nsce

nter

and

edg

e cr

acks

com

plex

cas

es w

ith s

ever

al c

rack

s an

d ho

les

Gre

at a

ccur

acy

at m

inim

al c

ompu

tatio

nal c

ost

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Futu

re

Stil

l a w

ork

in p

rogr

ess:

CTO

A in

vest

igat

ed …

mor

e w

ork

need

s to

be

done

Is K

cco

rrec

ted

for D

ugda

lepl

astic

zon

e si

ze a

bet

ter

fract

ure

crite

rion

than

Kc(a

)alo

ne, o

r Kc

corr

ecte

d fo

r Irw

in p

last

ic z

one

size

? M

ulti-

site

dam

age

issu

es to

be

inve

stig

ated

Stra

in h

arde

ning

--ea

sy to

mod

el

CTO

D c

apab

ility

is c

urre

ntly

stil

l a re

sear

ch to

olTu

rn c

apab

ility

into

pro

duct

ion-

leve

l too

lIm

plem

ent a

utom

atio

n of

CTO

D c

alcu

latio

nsM

anua

l mes

hing

and

con

verg

ence

to K

=0fo

r mul

tiple

cra

cks

is

tedi

ous!