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Ceramics Analysis and Reliability Evaluation of Structures (CARES) is a general-purpose series of integrated design software tools that provide an innovative, cost-effective approach to systematically optimize the design of brittle material components using probabilistic analysis techniques.
The CARES series of integrated design software incorporates fundamental mechanics theory and associated computational strategies for isotropic brittle materials component design. CARES is used in conjunction with commercially available FEA (including ANSYS® and ABAQUS), and, therefore, can be applied in general-purpose designs involving the use of brittle materials. CARES is used by over 400 academic, government, and industrial organizations to predict the durability and lifetime of brittle materials (including monolithic structural ceramics, glasses, intermetallics, and ceramic matrix composites) for automotive, aerospace, medical, power generation, and nuclear applications. Development of the CARES series of software continues to evolve and further enhance computational design methodologies for brittle structures.
The CARES series of computer software consists of the following three distinct programs:
- CARES/Life
This software was developed to predict the reliability and life of structures made from advanced ceramics and other brittle materials such as glass, graphite, and intermetallics.
+ Visit the CARES/Life website
- CARES/Creep
An integrated design program for predicting the lifetime of structural ceramic components subjected to multiaxial creep loads. This methodology takes into account the time varying creep stress distribution (stress relaxation).
- C/CARES
Composite CARES (C/CARES) has been developed to address aerospace design issues relating to ceramic matrix composites. The goal is to predict the time-independent reliability of a laminated structural component subjected to multiaxial load conditions.
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For additional information on this software, contact:
Noel N. Nemeth
Phone: (216) 433-3215
e-mail: Noel.N.Nemeth@nasa.gov |
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