A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-150

  Moës, Nicolas ^a   Dolbow, John ^a   Belytschko, Ted ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Fracture

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISPLACEMENT-BASED APPROXIMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033349534     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990910)46:1<131::AID-NME726>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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