Analysis of cracked plates and shells using "metis" finite element model

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 855-878

  Hung, Nguyen Dang ^a   Ngoc, Tran Thanh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HANOI ARCHITECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cracked plates and shells; Fracture mechanics; Hybrid finite element; Intensity factor; Toughness computation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACKED PLATES AND SHELLS; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENTS; INTENSITY FACTORS; TOUGHNESS COMPUTATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 1542506099     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(03)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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