Effective 3D failure simulations by combining the advantages of embedded Strong Discontinuity Approaches and classical interface elements

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2470-2485

  Radulovic, Radan ^a   Bruhns, Otto T ^b   Mosler, Jörn ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Intersecting cracks; Local approach; Strong Discontinuity Approach

Indexed keywords

CRACK PATH CONTINUITY; CRACK PATHS; DEFORMATION MAPPING; EMBEDDED STRONG DISCONTINUITIES; FAILURE SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; INTERSECTING CRACKS; LOCAL APPROACHES; LOCKING EFFECTS; MATERIAL FAILURES; POSITIVE FEATURES; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; STRONG DISCONTINUITY APPROACHES; TANGENT MATRIX; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING ALGORITHM;

CRACKS; DATA STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 79960294127     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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