A numerical framework to model 3-D fracture in bone tissue with application to failure of the proximal femur

DOI10.1007/978-1-4020-6530-9_12zbMath1209.74047OpenAlexW99567590MaRDI QIDQ5391661

T. Christian Gasser, Gerhard A. Holzapfel

Publication date: 7 April 2011

Published in: IUTAM Symposium on Discretization Methods for Evolving Discontinuities (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6530-9_12

zbMATH Keywords

variational formulationstrong discontinuitycohesive zone modelbonepartition of unity finite element methodcrack tracking algorithmcrack initialization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Biomechanics (92C10) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15)

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