Global cracking elements: A novel tool for Galerkin‐based approaches simulating quasi‐brittle fracture - Zhang, Yiming; Mang, Herbert A. (International journal for numerical methods in engineering, 2020)
Keywords: Brittle fracture; Computer simulation; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Crack tips; Cracking (fracturing); cracking elements method; Finite element method; finite‐element method (FEM); Galerkin method; Numerical stability; Quadrilaterals; quasi‐brittle fracture; Robustness (mathematics); self‐propagating crack; standard Galerkin form