Jai Hak Park1, Maan Won Kim2, Gennadiy P. Nikishkov3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.68, No.3, pp. 269-296, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.068.269
Abstract A SGBEM-FEM alternating method had been proposed by Nikishkov, Park and Atluri for the analysis of three-dimensional planar and non-planar cracks and their growth. In the method, the symmetric Galerkin boundary element method
is used for the crack solution in an infinite body and the finite element method is used to perform stress analysis for the uncracked body only. In this paper the method is extended further to analyze through-thickness cracks. Adequate shape of boundary element mesh is examined and it is found that the fictitious portion of the boundary element mesh, which is located More >
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