An improved cohesive element for shell delamination analyses

DOI10.1002/nme.2848zbMath1197.74188MaRDI QIDQ3164507

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Publication date: 28 October 2010

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.2848

zbMATH Keywords

fracture; level set method; delamination; shell; cohesive zone model; composite

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

74E30: Composite and mixture properties

74K25: Shells

74R99: Fracture and damage

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