A predictor-corrector scheme for the optimization of 3D crack front shapes

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 117-126

  Kolk, K ^a   Kuhn, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D crack growth criterion; 3D singularities; Predictor corrector procedure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK FRONT SHAPE; DUAL BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; PREDICTOR CORRECTOR PROCEDURE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 12844268714     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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