METHOD: Global Energy Minimisation

In this work, a new formulation is developed within the phase field method for modeling stress corrosion cracking induced by anodic dissolution.. The effects of both

The initial size of the fine scale region in the AMM boundaries is decided based on the following conditions: The refinement algorithm is activated sufficiently often such that a

In Figure 14 and Figure 15, the experimental back-scattered echo generated by the crack tip can be compared with the model (i.e. the first-order derivative of the impulse

Since then, dif- ferent approaches had been analyzed such the Pufem (the Partition of Unity Finite El- ement Method) (Melenk et al., 1996), the Arlequin method (Bendhia, 1998), the

We first extend artificially the crack to split the domain into two subdomains with a nonpenetration condition (negative relative normal displacement) on the crack, a

This work outlines an isogeometric boundary element method (IGABEM) to simulate crack growth in a two-dimensional linear-elastic setting.. The method is based on the work of [1,2]

Test case: square plate with an edge crack with a small kink loaded in vertical

8 Normalized opening stress distribution ahead of the crack tip for topological enrichment, with both linear and quadratic elements, and the reference FEM solution, with mesh