Three-dimensional non-planar crack growth by a coupled extended finite element and fast marching method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 727-748

  Sukumar, Nsu ^a   Chopp, D L ^b   Bechet E ^c   Moes N ^d  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Enrichment function; Fast marching method; Level sets; Partition of uniity; Signed distance function; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COUPLED CIRCUITS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SET THEORY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ENRICHMENT FUNCTION; FAST MARCHING METHOD; LEVEL SETS; PARTITION OF UNIITY; SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58549098948     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2344     Document Type: Article

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