A method for designing a crack propagation characteristic simulator of a central hole of a centrifugal impeller include such steps as obtaining a geometric model of that centrifugal impeller, measurea diameter and a thickness of the central hole structure, measuring the diameter and the thickness of the centrifugal impeller, measuring the diameter and the thickness of the centrifugal impeller, measuring the diameter and the thickness of the centrifugal impeller, measuring the diameter and the thickness of the centrifugal impeller, (2) obtaining the working conditions of the centrifugal impeller and the material performance parameters under the working conditions, including load, temperature, elastic modulus, yield strength and so on; (3) Establishing the finite element static analysis model of centrifugal impeller, calculating and obtaining the maximum circumferential stress point at the center hole of centrifugal impeller, and obtaining the circumferential stress value and the circumferential stress gradient of the point; (4) Based on the basic shape of the plate simulator with symmetrical circular notch, the central hole structure simulator is designed, so that the maximum stress along the direction of tensile loading on the stress concentration point of the simulator is equal to the maximum circumferential stress in the actual central hole structure, and the stress gradientis ensured to be the same; (5) Calculate the stress intensity factor of the simulator and determine the thickness of the simulator.