https://mechcalc.net/blog/en/tags/fitnet/ Recent content in FITNET on MechCalc how-to Guide https://mechcalc.net/blog/og-default.png https://mechcalc.net/blog/og-default.png Hugo en Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0800 https://mechcalc.net/blog/en/posts/bs7910-sstp10-fad-walkthrough/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0800 https://mechcalc.net/blog/en/posts/bs7910-sstp10-fad-walkthrough/ FITNET's second FAD worked example, SSTP10 — a welded stainless-steel wide plate with a through-thickness crack failing by ductile tearing. This post runs it in mechCalc's BS 7910 Clause 7 fracture assessment calculator, watches where the assessment point lands on the Failure Assessment Diagram, and cross-checks point by point against FITNET: the horizontal coordinate L_r matches almost digit-for-digit (0.511 vs 0.51), while the vertical coordinate K_r is cross-method (the source includes unquantified welding residual stress), so only L_r can be compared. https://mechcalc.net/blog/en/posts/fitnet-ffs-overview/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://mechcalc.net/blog/en/posts/fitnet-ffs-overview/ In the fracture-mechanics and fitness-for-service (FFS) literature, FITNET is a name you cannot avoid. This article traces the origins of the FITNET EU project from public sources: how it descends from SINTAP, who led and funded it, its scale, what the four modules of the FITNET FFS Procedure each cover, and why its fracture module is highly comparable to BS 7910.