Multiscale aggregating discontinuities: A method for circumventing loss of material stability

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 869-894

  Belytschko, Ted ^a   Loehnert, Stefan ^b   Song, Jeong Hoon ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Extended finite element method; Finite elements; Fracture; Multiscale

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STABILITY; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

MULTISCALE AGGREGATING DISCONTINUITIES; MULTISCALE METHODS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STABILITY; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EID: 39749141475     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2156     Document Type: Article

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