An engineering solution for mesh size effects in the simulation of delamination using cohesive zone models

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1665-1682

  Turon, A ^a   Davila C G ^b   Camanho, P P ^c   Costa, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cohesive elements; Delamination; Fracture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

COHESIVE ZONE; MESH SIZE;

DELAMINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33847744149     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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