An XFEM method for modeling geometrically elaborate crack propagation in brittle materials

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1042-1065

  Richardson, Casey L ^a   Hegemann, Jan ^b   Sifakis, Eftychios ^a   Hellrung, Jeffrey ^a   Teran, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Fracture; XFEM

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATED DOMAIN; CRACK EDGES; CRACK PATTERNS; CUTTING ALGORITHM; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT; GEOMETRIC ALGORITHM; INTEGRATION RULE; INTEGRATION SCHEME; QUADRATURE RULES; QUASI-STATIC; XFEM;

ALGORITHMS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 80755132101     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3211     Document Type: Article

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