Numerical simulation of multiple crack growth in brittle materials with adaptive remeshing

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1017-1048

  Azadi, H ^a   Khoei, A R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptive remeshing; Brittle material; Crack propagation criteria; Error control; Mixed mode fracture; Multiple cracks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE REMESHING; BRITTLE MATERIALS; ERROR CONTROL; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MULTIPLE CRACK;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CRACK PROPAGATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

CRACKS;

EID: 78751613537     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3002     Document Type: Article

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