A singular ES-FEM for plastic fracture mechanics

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 45-46, 2011, Pages 2943-2955

  Jiang, Y ^a   Liu, G R ^b   Zhang, Y W ^c   Chen, L ^a,c   Tay, T E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crack tip; HRR solution; Plastic field; Singular behavior; Singular element; Strain smoothing

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT FIELD; EDGE-BASED; FRACTURE AND FATIGUE; HARDENING MATERIALS; REFERENCE SOLUTION; SECOND ORDERS; SINGULAR BEHAVIOR; SINGULAR ELEMENT; SINGULAR ELEMENTS; SMALL STRAINS; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS AND STRAIN;

CRACK TIPS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESSES;

CRACKS;

EID: 79960890482     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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