Singular p-version finite elements for stress intensity factor computations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1091-1114

  Rahulkumar, Pakal ^a   Saigal, Sunil ^a   Yunus, Shah ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

F version; Finite element methods; Fracture mechanics; Mixed mode; Singular elements; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (LEFM);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031095567     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970330)40:6<1091::AID-NME102>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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