A new numerical modelling for evaluating the stress intensity factors in 3-D fracture analysis

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-336

  Cao, Zongjie ^a   Liu, Yongyu ^a  

^a AVIATION UNIVERSITY OF AIR FORCE   (China)

Author keywords

Crack; Finite element method; Singular element; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CALCULATING TIME; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; ISOPARAMETRIC ELEMENT; SINGULAR ELEMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACKS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84865020192     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2012.43.3.321     Document Type: Article

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