An adaptive finite element approximation of a variational model of brittle fracture

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 980-1012

  Burke, Siobhan ^a   Ortner, Christoph ^a   Süli, Endre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive finite element method; Ambrosio Tortorelli functional; Brittle fracture; Free discontinuity problem

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT; ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; AMBROSIO-TORTORELLI FUNCTIONAL; DISCONTINUITY PROBLEMS; LOCAL MINIMIZER; NEWTON-TYPE METHODS; THEORETICAL RESULT; VARIATIONAL MODELS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; BRITTLENESS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 77956051522     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080741033     Document Type: Article

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