A three-dimensional formula for determining stress intensity factors in finite element analysis of cracked bodies

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-415

  He, W J ^a,b   Lin, Y ^a   Ding, H J ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 node isoparametric quarter point element; Finite element method; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ISOPARAMETRIC QUARTER POINT ELEMENTS;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 0031188468     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(97)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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