Automated 3-D crack growth simulation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 229-253

  Carter, B J ^a   Wawrzynek, P A ^a   Ingraffea, A R ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue simulation; Fracture; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACK GROWTH SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0033874452     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0207(20000110/30)47:1/3<229::aid-nme769>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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