Combined extended and superimposed finite element method for cracks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1119-1136

  Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Song, Jeong Hoon ^a   Yoon, Young Cheol ^b   Zi, Goangseup ^b   Belytschko, Ted ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Extended finite element; Mesh superposition

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (XFEM);

CRACKS;

CRACK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 1542376088     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.908     Document Type: Article

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