A new method for modelling cohesive cracks using finite elements

DOI10.1002/nme.143zbMath1013.74074MaRDI QIDQ2720001

Garth N. Wells, Lambertus Johannes Sluys

Publication date: 6 July 2003

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.143

zbMATH Keywords

fracture; displacement jumps; partitions of unity; cohesive crack model; finite element shape; quasi-brittle heterogeneous materials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74R10: Brittle fracture

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

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