A multiple level set approach to prevent numerical artefacts in complex microstructures with nearby inclusions within XFEM

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1436-1459

  Tran, A B ^a   Yvonnet, J ^a   He, Q C ^a   Toulemonde, C ^b   Sanahuja, J ^b  

^a Université Paris Est Créteil   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Extended finite element method; Level set; Microstructures; Multiple level sets; Percolation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MICROSTRUCTURES; CONCRETE MATERIALS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION RULE; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; LOCAL DESCRIPTION; MESH SIZE; MULTIPLE LEVEL-SETS; MULTIPLE LEVELS; NUMERICAL QUADRATURE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PERCOLATION; PHASE DOMAIN;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INCLUSIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SET THEORY; SOLVENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79951525399     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3025     Document Type: Article

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