A simplified meshless method for cohesive cracks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 728-739

  Zhang, Y Y ^a   Gao, L S ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cohesive segment; Crack; Meshless

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE CRACKS; CRACK MODEL; CRACK SEGMENTS; CRACK SURFACES; DIRECTIONAL CHANGES; DISCRETE CRACKS; ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; MESH-LESS METHODS; MESHLESS;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; GALERKIN METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRACKS;

EID: 77953107138     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1169     Document Type: Article

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