A spectral method for numerical elastodynamic fracture analysis without spatial replication of the rupture event

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1393-1418

  Cochard, Alain ^a   Rice, James R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. dynamic fracture; B. crack mechanics; C. fault dynamics; C. numerical algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DYNAMIC FRACTURE; SPECTRAL METHOD;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031212647     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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