Reformulation of XFEM based on PUFEM for solving problem caused by blending elements

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 806-816

  Shibanuma, Kazuki ^a   Utsunomiya, Tomoaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blending elements; Linear fracture mechanics; PUFEM; The corrected XFEM; XFEM

Indexed keywords

BLENDING ELEMENTS; LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; PUFEM; THE CORRECTED XFEM; XFEM;

BLENDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 69249213383     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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