The element free Galerkin method for dynamic propagation of arbitrary 3-D cracks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 767-800

  Krysl, Petr ^a   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic fracture; Element free Galerkin method; Fracture; Three dimensional crack growth

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GALERKIN METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033078549     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990228)44:6<767::AID-NME524>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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