Stress intensity factors for three-dimensional surface cracks using enriched finite elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 899-921

  Ayhan, A O ^a,b   Nied, H F ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enriched elements; Fracture; Stress intensity factors; Surface cracks

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FREE SURFACES;

STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK TIP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

EID: 0037199038     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.459     Document Type: Article

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