A substructured FE-shell/XFE-3D method for crack analysis in thin-walled structures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 757-779

  Wyart, Eric ^a   Coulon, D ^a   Duflot, M ^a   Pardoen, T ^b   Remacle, J F ^b   Lani, F ^a  

^a CENAERO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crack analysis; Domain decomposition; FETI; Mixed dimensional; Thin walled structure; X FEM

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACK ANALYSIS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT (XFE); MIXED DIMENSIONAL; THIN-WALLED CRACKED STRUCTURES;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

CRACKS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 35448976063     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2029     Document Type: Article

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