Blending in the extended finite element method by discontinuous Galerkin and assumed strain methods

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1645-1669

  Gracie, Robert ^a   Wang, Hongwu ^a   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed strain, AS; Blending elements; Cracks; Discontinuous Galerkin, DG; Dislocations; Extended finite element method, XFEM; Interfaces; Partition of unity, PU

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CRACK PROPAGATION; GALERKIN METHODS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PROGRAMMING THEORY; STANDARDS;

APPLICATION-SPECIFIC; APPROXIMATION SPACES; ASSUMED STRAIN METHODS; BLENDING ELEMENTS; CONTOUR INTEGRALS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DG METHODS; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN (DG); DISCRETIZATION; DISLOCATION PROBLEMS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (X-FEM); INTERNAL FORCES; LINEAR ELASTICS; MATERIAL INTERFACES; PENALTY METHODS; SUB DOMAINS; SUB-DOMAINS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 47249102156     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2217     Document Type: Article

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