Fully-automatic modelling of cohesive crack growth using a finite element-scaled boundary finite element coupled method

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2547-2573

  Yang, Z J ^a   Deeks, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohesive crack model; Concrete beams; Finite element method; Local arc length method; Mixed mode crack propagation; Scaled boundary finite element method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COHESIVE CRACK GROWTH; LOCAL ARC-LENGTH METHOD; MIXED MODE CRACK PROPAGATION; QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS; SCALED BOUNDARY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34547422974     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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