Influence of minimum element size to determine crack closure stress by the finite element method

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-355

  Gonzalez Herrera A ^a   Zapatero, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Crack wake; Element size; Fatigue crack closure; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTICITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK CLOSURE STRESSES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MODELLING; PLASTIC STRAIN;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 7244234447     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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