A method-based numerical simulation of crack growth in linear elastic fracture

This paper presents a method for the automatic simulation of quasi-static crack growth in 2D linear elastic bodies with existing cracks. A finite element algorithm, based on the so-called method, provides the load vs. crack extension curves in the case of rectilinear crack propagation. Since the app...

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Published inEngineering fracture mechanics Vol. 74; no. 11; pp. 1727 - 1738
Main Authors mica, Giovanni, tino, Stefania, Lyly, Mikko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2007
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Summary:This paper presents a method for the automatic simulation of quasi-static crack growth in 2D linear elastic bodies with existing cracks. A finite element algorithm, based on the so-called method, provides the load vs. crack extension curves in the case of rectilinear crack propagation. Since the approach is both theoretically general and simple to be performed from a computational point of view, it could be extended for describing the phenomenon of crack growth in different fracture mechanics contexts.
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ISSN:0013-7944
DOI:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.09.020