Stability and robustness issues in numerical modeling of material failure with the strong discontinuity approach

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 195, Issue 52, 2006, Pages 7093-7114

  Oliver, J ^a   Huespe, A E ^a   Blanco, S ^a   Linero, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational material failure; Explicit integration; Implicit integration; Localization; Strong discontinuities

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

COMPUTATIONAL MATERIAL FAILURE; EXPLICIT INTEGRATION; IMPLICIT INTEGRATION; STRONG DISCONTINUITY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33748944301     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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