Publications [#57883] of John E. Dolbow

Papers Published

1. Moes, N. and Dolbow, J. and Belytschko, T., A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing, Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. (UK), vol. 46 no. 1 (10), pp. 131 - 50
   (last updated on 2007/04/08)

   Abstract:
   An improvement of a new technique for modelling cracks in the finite element framework is presented. A standard displacement-based approximation is enriched near a crack by incorporating both discontinuous fields and the near tip asymptotic fields through a partition of unity method. A methodology that constructs the enriched approximation from the interaction of the crack geometry with the mesh is developed. This technique allows the entire crack to be represented independently of the mesh, and so remeshing is not necessary to model crack growth. Numerical experiments are provided to demonstrate the utility and robustness of the proposed technique

   Keywords:
   crack-edge stress field analysis;fatigue cracks;finite element analysis;fracture mechanics;