A novel general formulation for singular stress field using the ES-FEM method for the analysis of mixed-mode cracks

International Journal of Computational Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-214

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Nourbakhshnia, N ^a   Chen, L ^a   Zhang, Y W ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mesh free method; Mixed mode crack problems; Singular smoothed finite element method; Smoothed finite element method

Indexed keywords

CRACK-TIP ELEMENTS; DISCRETIZED SYSTEMS; DISPLACEMENT VALUE; EDGE-BASED; FEM METHOD; INTEGRATION PATH; MESH FREE METHODS; MIXED MODE CRACK; MIXED-MODE CRACKS; SINGULAR STRESS FIELD; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77951678967     PISSN: 02198762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219876210002131     Document Type: Article

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