The use of optimization techniques in the analysis of cracked members by the finite element displacement and stress methods

DOI10.1016/0045-7825(79)90065-3zbMath0411.73075OpenAlexW2036195705MaRDI QIDQ1259476

M. P. Ranaweera, Frederick A. Leckie

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(79)90065-3

zbMATH Keywords

displacementoptimization techniquesbody composed of nonlinear elastic incompressible materialCrack tip singularityenergy difference methodstress formulationstwo-dimensional stationary crack problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Brittle damage (74R05)

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