Characterization of the computational accuracy in surface crack problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 721-738

  Varfolomeyev, I V ^a   Busch, M ^a   Petersilge, M ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Averaged error; Boundary element method; Stress intensity factor; Surface crack

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

AVERAGED ERROR ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE; SQUARE ROOT STRESS SINGULARITY; SURFACE CRACK PROBLEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; SURFACE CRACK;

EID: 0032004138     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980228)41:4<721::AID-NME307>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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