A unified finite element method for determining weight functions in two and three dimensions

DOI10.1016/0020-7683(87)90002-3MaRDI QIDQ580050zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors T.-L. Sham

Publication date 1987

Published in International Journal of Solids and Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(87)90002-3

zbMATH Keywords

arbitrary anisotropyBueckner-Rice weight functionscontinuously turning crack frontsfinite bodiesfinite element implementationhomogeneouslinear elasticplanar cracksregularizationsingular fieldstwo and three dimensionsunbounded strain energyvariational principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elastic materials (74B99) Stress concentrations, singularities in solid mechanics (74G70) Dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H99) Brittle damage (74R05) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

Review text

A variational principle is introduced for determining singular fields in finite bodies with unbounded strain energy. A specialized form of this variational principle is employed to determine the Bueckner-Rice weight functions in two and three dimensions. The cracked body considered is finite, linear elastic and homogeneous but arbitrary anisotropy is permitted. It contains an arbitrary configuration of planar cracks with continuously turning crack fronts. A finite element implementation of the variational principle is given and this leads to a unified approach in the numerical computations of weight functions for all three fracture modes. The finite element method presented is simple and yet accurate and it can be incorporated into standard finite element programs. Numerical examples are given for two-dimensional crack geometries in isotropic bodies to illustrate the versatility and accuracy of the method.

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