Brittle fracture in polycrystalline microstructures with the extended finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2015-2037

  Sukumar, N ^a,b   Srolovitz, D J ^b   Baker, T J ^b   Prevost J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaunay triangulation; Extended finite element method; Grain boundary; Meshing micro structures; Partition of unity; Polycrystalline microstructure; Potts grain growth model; Strong discontinuity; Two dimensional crack propagation

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACES;

CRACK SURFACES;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 0038185252     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.653     Document Type: Article

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