A novel variable power singular element in G space with strain smoothing for bi-material fracture analyses

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1303-1317

  Chen, L ^a,b   Liu, G R ^c   Zeng, K ^b   Zhang, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi material; G space; M integral; Numerical method; Singular element; Strain smoothing; Stress intensity factor; Variable singularity

Indexed keywords

BI-MATERIAL; G SPACE; M-INTEGRAL; SINGULAR ELEMENTS; STRESS INTENSITY; VARIABLE SINGULARITY;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; INTERPOLATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BISMUTH;

EID: 79960372826     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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