A one field full discontinuous Galerkin method for Kirchhoff-Love shells applied to fracture mechanics

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 45-46, 2011, Pages 3223-3241

  Becker, G ^a   Geuzaine, C ^a   Noels, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cohesive element; Discontinuous Galerkin method; Finite elements; Fracture mechanics; Kirchhoff Love; Shells

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE ELEMENT; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT; KIRCHHOFF-LOVE; SHELLS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GALERKIN METHODS;

EID: 80051782491     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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