A methodology for automatic crack propagation modelling in planar and shell FE models

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-504

  Colombo, Daniele ^a   Giglio, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fatigue; Finite element; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

AUTOMATIC SIMULATIONS; CRACK TIP NODE; NON-PLANAR SHELL FINITE ELEMENT MODELS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 29844454093     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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