A study of the representation of cracks with level sets

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1261-1302

  Duflot, Marc ^a  

^a CENAERO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; EFGM; Fracture; Level set method; XFEM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

DISPLACEMENT FIELD; LEVEL SET METHOD; PENNY-SHAPED CRACK;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 34249872457     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1915     Document Type: Article

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