A variational technique for boundary element analysis of 3D fracture mechanics weight functions: Static

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1409-1423

  Wen, P H ^a   Aliabadi, M H ^a   Rooke, D P ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual boundary element method; Fracture mechanics; Stress intensity factors; Weight function technique

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRACKS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; LOADS (FORCES); STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DUAL BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MIXED MODE PROBLEM; WEIGHT FUNCTION TECHNIQUE;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032137590     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980830)42:8<1409::AID-NME426>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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