The use of conformal mapping for creating singular elements

✍ Scribed by G Tsamasphyros; A.E Giannakopoulos

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 638 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-7944
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(87)90119-6

✦ Synopsis

In the present work, conformal mapping is used to present a novel eight-noded crack-tip element for linear elastic plane problems. In the quadratic isoparametric element the correct strain field singularity l/Jr is developed. The method can be generalized for creating singular elements for notches and other stress singularities.