A dissipation-based arc-length method for robust simulation of brittle and ductile failure

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1290-1321

  Verhoose, Clemens V ^a   Remmers, Joris J C ^b   Gutiérrez, Miguel A ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arc length control; Energy release rate; Path following technique; Solution control

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ARC WELDING; ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

ARC-LENGTH CONTROL; ARC-LENGTH METHODS; DUCTILE FAILURES; EQUILIBRIUM PATHS; FINITE ELEMENTS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR DAMAGES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PATH-FOLLOWING TECHNIQUE; ROBUST METHODS; ROBUST SIMULATIONS; SOLID MECHANICS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 60949108583     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2447     Document Type: Article

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