Boundary element-free method for fracture analysis of 2-D anisotropic piezoelectric solids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 729-749

  Liew, K M ^a   Sun, Yuzhou ^a   Kitipornchai, S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anisotropic piezoelectric material; Boundary element free method; Boundary integral equation; Crack; Integration by parts; Moving least squares approximation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; FRACTURE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT-FREE METHOD; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION; INTEGRATION BY PARTS; MOVING LEAST-SQUARES APPROXIMATION;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACKS; FRACTURE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 33846310738     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1786     Document Type: Article

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