Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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509996 | Computers & Structures | 2010 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reviews different crack tracking techniques in three-dimensions applicable in the context of partition of unity methods, especially meshfree methods. Issues such as describing and tracking the crack surface are addressed. A crack tracking procedure is proposed in detail and implemented in the context of the extended element-free Galerkin method (XEFG). Several three-dimensional cracking examples are compared to other results from the literature or the experimental data and show good agreement.
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Authors
Timon Rabczuk, Stéphane Bordas, Goangseup Zi,