A high-order generalized FEM for through-the-thickness branched cracks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-351

  Duarte, C A ^a   Reno, L G ^a   Simone, A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branched crack; Generalized element method; High order finite elements; Hp method; Partition of unity; X FEM

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACKS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRANCHED CRACK; CRACK FRONT; GENERALIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 35248895308     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2012     Document Type: Article

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