Energy release control for numerical simulations of failure in quasi-brittle solids

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Gutiérrez, Miguel A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arc length control; Energy release; Finite element method; Non linear analysis; Path following technique; Quasi brittle solids

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONTINUUM DAMAGE MODEL;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

BRITTLE MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 17744416678     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.649     Document Type: Article

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