Higher-order extended finite elements with harmonic enrichment functions for complex crack problems

DOI10.1002/NME.3098zbMath1216.74027OpenAlexW2153761507MaRDI QIDQ3006547

N. Sukumar, S. E. Mousavi, Eitan Grinspun

Publication date: 20 June 2011

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.3098

zbMATH Keywords

stress intensity factorspartition of unity methodextended finite element methodbranched crackintersecting cracksclosely interacting cracksharmonic enrichment

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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