SGBEM (Using Non-hyper-singular Traction BIE), and super elements, for non-collinear fatigue-growth analyses of cracks in stiffened panels with composite-patch repairs

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-458

  Dong, Leiting ^a,b   Atluri, Satya N ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite structure; Crack; Fatigue; SGBEM; Stress intensity factor; Super Element

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; COMPOSITE PATCHES; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; SGBEM; SUPER ELEMENTS; SYMMETRIC GALERKIN;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRACK TIPS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACKS;

EID: 84875196699     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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