An element-free Galerkin formulation for stable crack growth in an elastic solid

DOI10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00133-3zbMath0958.74080OpenAlexW2017955581MaRDI QIDQ1962656

Yu Xu, Sunil Saigal

Publication date: 9 April 2001

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0045-7825(97)00133-3

zbMATH Keywords

momentum equationstress intensity factorenergy release rateelement free Galerkin methodstable crack growthsteep gradientsmoving least-squares approximationsnear-tip fieldscrack opening profilesinertia force termspatial gradient term

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Brittle fracture (74R10) Stress concentrations, singularities in solid mechanics (74G70) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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