Discrete crack path prediction by an adaptive cohesive crack model

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3541-3557

  Geissler G ^a   Netzker, C ^a   Kaliske, M ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Cohesive zone modelling; Crack propagation; Finite element method; Non linear analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVITY; ALGORITHMIC APPROACH; ARBITRARY CRACK; COHESIVE CRACK MODELS; COHESIVE ELEMENT; COHESIVE SURFACE; COHESIVE ZONE MODELLING; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK GROWTH RATES; CRACK PROPAGATION DIRECTION; CRACK-GROWTH DIRECTION; DISCRETE CRACKS; FAILURE CRITERIA; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURE CRITERIA; NODAL COORDINATES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD; STANDARD PROCEDURES;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CRACKS;

EID: 78649483335     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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