Formulation of cracked beam element for
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A.S. Bouboulas; N.K. Anifantis
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In this paper, a cracked element is developed incorporating a non-propagating edge crack into a structural beam member. The additional flexibility that the crack generates is evaluated using strain energy density factors given by linear fracture mechanics. Based on this flexibility the stiffness mat