The finite element analysis of linear elastic fracture mechanics problems is complicated by the presence of the singular and finite non-singular stress distributions in the crack tip region. The availability of a constant stress term in addition to the singular term in the standard h-version singula
A singular finite element for computing time dependent stress intensity factors
β Scribed by J.W. Kelley; C.T. Sun
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 646 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-7944
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β¦ Synopsis
A triangular finite element was developed for the purpose of computing time dependent stress intensity factors in cracked panels caused by dynamic loadings. An explicit consistent mass matrix was formulated for use with an existing stiffness matrix developed earlier. The singular finite element and a conventional triangular plane element were used to solve a plane problem with a known solution to evaluate the accuracy. Several other problems with time dependent loadings were solved and discussed.
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