Computational analysis of mixed-mode fatigue crack growth in quasi-brittle materials using extended finite element methods

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-181

  Xu, Yangjian ^a,b   Yuan, Huang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclic cohesive model; Extended finite element methods; Fatigue crack growth; Mixed mode loading

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CONCRETES; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDROGELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS;

BRITTLE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CRACK PATHS; CRACK SURFACES; CYCLIC COHESIVE MODEL; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENT DATUMS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE CRACKS; GENERAL PURPOSE SOFTWARES; MATERIAL DAMAGES; MESH STRUCTURES; MIXED-MODE LOADING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; STRONG DISCONTINUITIES; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58049115042     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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