eXtended finite element methods for thin cracked plates with Kirchhoff-Love theory

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1115-1138

  Lasry, Jérémie ^a   Pommier, Julien ^a   Renard, Yves ^b   Salaün, Michel ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

EXtended finite element method; Fracture; Kirchhoff Love; Plates; Rate of convergence; Structures

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KIRCHHOFF; PLATES; RATE OF CONVERGENCE; STRUCTURES;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROGELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78049370168     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2939     Document Type: Article

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