NASGRO software

[DdavidStress]

Hello all,

I have been asked to perform Damage tolerance on a component using a specific software called NASGRO. I went to NASGRO website and noticed the cost of the software is 3600$ and not really eager to spend that much for a task I will probably use for 1/2 hour task

I noticed in the forums on the website, there was once a free copy of this provided to public domain but due some reason NASA (or owner's) removed it from the internet).


Any assistance on locating this copy would be greatly apprecited

 

[MNLiaison]

If you've been specifically asked to use the program either yourself or your company agreed to perform the work with the subject software....time to open the wallet.

 

[israelkk]

Maybe you can rent the program on hourly basis.

Another option is to use AFGROW which is still free. See

http://www.afgrow.net/

. AFGROW uses NASGROW 3 as one of its options. If your part shape included in AFGROW you may be able to use it.

 

[rb1957]

NASgro was free many version ago ... they do have a demo version. do you know why you were told to use NASGRO ? if it's going to be a once-off, you'll spend more time learning the software than solving the problem. if your company plans for you (or someone else) to do more work in the future then spend the $s. if you're "just" doing DTA, then a simple cycle counter is "all you need ... i use excel. the trouble is convincing other people that the analysis is good. you could try AFGROW, which was freely available some time back.