A novel singular node-based smoothed finite element method (NS-FEM) for upper bound solutions of fracture problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1466-1497

  Liu, G R ^a,b   Chen, L ^a   Nguyen Thoi, T ^a,c   Zeng, K Y ^a   Zhang, G Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Crack; Energy release rate; J integral; Meshfree method; NS FEM; Numerical methods; Singularity; Stress intensity factor; Upper bound

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RELEASE; J INTEGRAL; MESH-FREE METHOD; NS-FEM; SINGULARITY; STRESS INTENSITY; UPPER BOUND;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; CRACK TIPS; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77956097393     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2868     Document Type: Article

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