The cohesive element approach to dynamic fragmentation: the question of energy convergence

DOI10.1002/nme.1777zbMath1194.74450MaRDI QIDQ3587735

George A. Gazonas, Jean-Francois Molinari, Anna Rusinek, Fenghua Zhou, R. Raghupathy

Publication date: 10 September 2010

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

Full work available at URL: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1309&context=usarmyresearch

zbMATH Keywords

fragmentation; numerical convergence; dynamic crack propagation; crack branching; cohesive element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74R10: Brittle fracture

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

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Cites Work

• Dynamic fragmentation of brittle materials: analytical mechanics-based models