Non‐linear fracture mechanics and finite elements
T.K. Hellen
(Technology Planning and Research Division, CEGB, Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, Berkeley, Glos GL13 9PB, UK)
W.S. Blackburn
(CEGB, SE Region SSD, Gravesend, Kent, UK (Received September 1986))
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Abstract
A review is made of methods for calculating parameters characterizing crack tip behaviour in non‐linear materials. Convenient methods of calculating J‐integral type quantities are reviewed, classified broadly into two groups, as domain integrals and virtual crack extension techniques. In addition to considerations of how such quantities may be calculated by finite elements, assessment methods of conducting the actual incremental analyses are described.
Citation
Hellen, T.K. and Blackburn, W.S. (1987), "Non‐linear fracture mechanics and finite elements", Engineering Computations, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023678
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1987, MCB UP Limited