From continuous to discontinuous failure in a gradient-enhanced continuum damage model

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 192, Issue 41-42, 2003, Pages 4581-4607

  Simone, Angelo ^a   Wells, Garth N ^a   Sluys, Lambertus J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Damage; Discontinuities; Enriched finite elements; Fracture; Gradient enhanced continuum; Non local continuum; Partition of unity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS;

DAMAGE GROWTH;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141792679     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(03)00428-6     Document Type: Article

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