Implementation of HCE on a general fe mesh for interacting multiple cracks

ECCOMAS 2004 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Karihaloo, B L ^a   Xiao, Q Z ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack tip constraint; Finite element (FE); Hybrid crack element (HCE); Micro crack interaction; T stress; Tress intensity factor (IF)

Indexed keywords

CRACK ELEMENTS; CRACK TIP CONSTRAINT; INTENSITY FACTORS; MICRO-CRACK INTERACTIONS; T STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK TIPS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACKS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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