An extended finite element method (X-FEM) for two- and three-dimensional crack modeling

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Moes N ^a   Sukumar, N ^a   Moran, B ^a   Belytschko, T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3d fracture mechanics; Extended finite element method; Partition of unity; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

CRACK GROWTH ANALYSIS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOVING DISCONTINUITIES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARTITION OF UNITY; PARTITION OF UNITY METHODS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACKS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; LOADING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACKS;

EID: 84893390161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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