An improved cohesive element for shell delamination analyses

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-641

  Yang, Q D ^a   Fang, X J ^a   Shi, J X ^b   Lua, J ^b  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b Suite 5 6   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone model; Composite; Delamination; Fracture; Level set method; Shell

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE ELEMENT; COHESIVE STRESS; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; COHESIVE ZONES; CRACK FRONT GEOMETRY; CRACK GEOMETRIES; DELAMINATION CRACK; GAUSSIAN INTEGRATION; GAUSSIANS; INTEGRATION SCHEME; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET METHOD; MESH SIZE; NEWTON-COTES; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; NUMERICAL STABILITIES; SOLUTION ACCURACY; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURED MESH; SUBDOMAIN;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACKS; DROP BREAKUP; FRACTURE; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; STEEL SHEET;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 77954624546     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2848     Document Type: Article

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