A finite-element simulation method for a system of growing cracks in a heterogeneous material

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 197-206

  Sumi, Y ^a   Wang, Z N ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating method; Automatic mesh generation; Curvilinear cracks; Finite element analysis; First order perturbation; Heterogeneous material; Interacting crack growth

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION; CURVILINEAR CRACKS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; INTERACTING CRACK GROWTH;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032068865     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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