Dynamic fracture modeling in shell structures based on XFEM

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 499-527

  Larsson, Ragnar ^a   Mediavilla, Jesus ^b   Fagerström, Martin ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesive zones; Discontinuous XFEM kinematics; Dynamic fracture; Higher order thickness strain; Shell theory

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE ZONES; DISCONTINUOUS XFEM KINEMATICS; DYNAMIC FRACTURE; HIGHER ORDER; SHELL THEORY;

CRACKS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

EID: 79953119203     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3086     Document Type: Article

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