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326Applied Fracture MechanicsStress calculations showed that the total stress acting on the third <strong>fracture</strong>d blade (blade No.11) is higher than for the two other <strong>fracture</strong>d blades. Therefore, it can be assumed that thefatigue crack growth life of this blade is the shortest one and has the least portion on thetotal fatigue crack growth life of the failed fan. Thus, the simulation of blade No. 11 fatiguecrack growth life was not performed and was ignored.Figure 15. (a) A 3D model of the airfoil with 2D mesh for simulating fatigue crack growth in FRANC3Dsoftware and (b) simulated fatigue crack in blade No. 8 after three steps of propagation

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