On the modeling of highly localized deformations induced by material failure: The strong discontinuity approach

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-446

  Mosler, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONCRETES; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ELLIPTICITY; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; MATERIAL FAILURE; STRONG DISCONTINUITY APPROACH (SDA);

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 11044220415     PISSN: 11343060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736230     Document Type: Review

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