Modeling of crack propagation via an automatic adaptive mesh refinement based on modified superconvergent patch recovery technique

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2921-2945

  Khoei, A R ^a   Azadi, H ^a   Moslemi, H ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptive remeshing; Crack propagation; Error control; Fracture; Modified SPR technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CRACK TIPS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MESH GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION;

MESH REFINEMENT; SUPERCONVERGENT PATCH RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATION THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MESH GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 40849092485     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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