A virtual crack closure-integral method (VCCM) for three-dimensional crack problems using linear tetrahedral finite elements

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-238

  Okada, H ^a   Kamibeppu, T ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy release rate; Fem (finite element method); Fracture mechanics; Stress intensity factor; Vccm (virtual crack closure integral method)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACK PROBLEMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRACTURE ANALYSES; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE-INTEGRAL METHOD (VCCM);

CRACKS;

EID: 33646485978     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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