Solution strategies for the delamination analysis based on a combination of local-control arc-length and line searches

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 999-1048

  Alfano, G ^a   Crisfield, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc length; Cohesive zone; Delamination; Fracture; Line searches; Softening

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

COHESIVE-ZONE MODEL;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 0142088819     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.806     Document Type: Article

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