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    Material Point Method Calculations with Explicit Cracks

    J. A. Nairn1

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.4, No.6, pp. 649-664, 2003, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2003.004.649

    Abstract A new algorithm is described which extends the material point method (MPM) to allow explicit cracks within the model material. Conventional MPM enforces velocity and displacement continuity through its background grid. This approach is incompatible with cracks which are displacement and velocity discontinuities. By allowing multiple velocity fields at special nodes near cracks, the new method (called CRAMP) can model cracks. The results provide an ``exact'' MPM analysis for cracks. Comparison to finite element analysis and to experiments show it gets good results for crack problems. The intersection of crack surfaces is prevented by implementing More >

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