Level set X-FEM non-matching meshes: Application to dynamic crack propagation in elastic-plastic media

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1553-1569

  Prabel, Benoit ^a,b   Combescure, Alain ^a   Gravouil, Anthony ^a   Marie, Stephane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Etudes des Transferts et de Mécanique des Fluides   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic crack propagation; Experiments; Extended finite element method; Level set; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMIC CRACK PROPAGATION; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEVEL SET;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33846981466     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1819     Document Type: Article

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