Modeling three-dimensional crack propagation - A comparison of crack path tracking strategies

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1328-1352

  Jager P ^a   Steinmann, P ^b   Kuhl, E ^c  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone model; Discrete failure; Fixed tracking; Global tracking; Local tracking; Three dimensional crack propagation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CRACK DETECTION; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; DISCRETE FAILURE; FIXED TRACKING; GLOBAL TRACKING; LOCAL TRACKING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 60949110368     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2353     Document Type: Review

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