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Perform post-processing of the result tables from operators CALC_G and POST_K1_K2_K3.

The various possible operations are:

  • normalization of the curvilinear abscissa,

  • calculation of the angle of bifurcation,

  • counting fatigue cycles,

  • calculation of the fatigue crack advance increment,

  • accumulation of fatigue cycles,

  • propagation management,

  • calculation of the equivalent stress intensity factor,

  • calculation of \({(\Delta K)}_{\mathit{eq}}\) used for propagation in variable amplitude,

  • setting the negative values of the stress intensity factors \({K}_{1}\) to zero and calculating the new return rates \(G\) and/or \({G}_{\mathit{IRWIN}}\) by the Irwin formula.

Produces a table data structure.