Shape sensitivity analysis for energy release rate evaluation and its application to the study of three-dimensional cracked bodies

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 649-664

  Feijoo R A ^a   Padra, C ^b   Saliba, R ^b   Taroco, E ^a   Venere M J ^b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Fracture mechanics; Shape sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033846562     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00353-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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