An enriched finite element model for linear elastic fracturc mechanics is developed for a mixed variational statement. The independent approximations for the displacement and stress components are enriched by adding the near-field analytic expressions for a cracked body to the polynomia1 approximati
Stress intensity factors by enriched finite elements
β Scribed by L. Nash Gifford Jr.; Peter D. Hilton
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 757 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-7944
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