Using the X-FEM method to model the dynamic propagation and arrest of cleavage cracks in ferritic steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2984-3009

  Prabel, B ^a,b   Marie, S ^a   Combescure, A ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Crack arrest; Dynamic fracture; Mixed mode; Strain rate effects; X FEM

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FERRITIC STEEL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOPLASTICITY;

CLEAVAGE CRACK; CRACK ARREST; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FERRITIC STEEL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 40849123941     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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