Crack insertion, meshing and fracture analysis of structures using tetrahedral finite elements

DOI10.1016/j.euromechsol.2010.12.010zbMath1278.74178OpenAlexW2044884046MaRDI QIDQ388252

Ergun Nart, Ali O. Ayhan

Publication date: 19 December 2013

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. A. Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2010.12.010

zbMATH Keywords

unstructured meshmeshingcrack insertionenriched elementsthree-dimensional crack

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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Uses Software

• TetGen
• Triangle
• Zencrack
• Simmetrix

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