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A direct evaluation of stress intensity factors using the Extended Dual Boundary Element Method

Alatawi, I.A.; Trevelyan, J.

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I.A. Alatawi



Abstract

We introduce an alternative method in computational fracture mechanics to evaluate Stress Intensity Factors (SIFs) directly using the Extended Dual Boundary Element Method (XBEM) for 2D problems. Like other enrichment approaches, the new approach is able to yield accurate results on coarse discretisations, and the enrichment increases the problem size by only two degrees of freedom per crack tip. The BEM equations formed by collocation at nodes are augmented by two additional equations that enforce continuity of displacement at the crack tip. The enrichment approach provides the values of SIFs KI and KII directly in the solution vector and without any need for postprocessing such as the J-integral. Numerical examples are used to compare the accuracy of these directly computed SIFs to J-integral processing of both conventional and enriched boundary element approximations.

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Alatawi, I., & Trevelyan, J. (2015). A direct evaluation of stress intensity factors using the Extended Dual Boundary Element Method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 52, 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2014.11.022

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 19, 2014
Publication Date Mar 1, 2015
Deposit Date Dec 23, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
Print ISSN 0955-7997
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Pages 56-63
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2014.11.022
Keywords Enriched BEM, Extended BEM, Fracture mechanics, Stress Intensity Factors (SIF).

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