Delamination analysis of composites by new orthotropic bimaterial extended finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1507-1543

  Ashari, S Esna ^a   Mohammadi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Delamination; Enrichment functions; Extended finite element method (XFEM); Interlaminar crack; Orthotropic composites; Weak discontinuity

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT FUNCTIONS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (XFEM); INTERLAMINAR CRACKS; ORTHOTROPIC COMPOSITES; WEAK DISCONTINUITY;

BENCHMARKING; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FRACTURE; SHOCK PROBLEMS; STEEL SHEET;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79955576074     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3114     Document Type: Article

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