Dynamic Analysis with Stress Recovery for Functionally Graded Materials: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Benchmarking

Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Dutra Fraga Filho ◽  
Fernando César Meira Menandro ◽  
Rivânia Hermógenes Paulino de Romero ◽  
Juan Sérgio Romero Saenz
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riva^nia H. Paulino ◽  
Juan S. Romero ◽  
Fernando C. M. Menandro ◽  
Glaucio H. Paulino ◽  
Marek-Jerzy Pindera ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 492-493 ◽  
pp. 409-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Ho Kim ◽  
Glaucio H. Paulino

This paper presents numerical simulation of mixed-mode crack propagation in functionally graded materials by means of a remeshing algorithm in conjunction with the finite element method. Each step of crack growth simulation consists of the calculation of the mixedmode stress intensity factors by means of a non-equilibrium formulation of the interaction integral method, determination of the crack growth direction based on a specific fracture criterion, and local automatic remeshing along the crack path. A specific fracture criterion is tailored for FGMs based on the assumption of local homogenization of asymptotic crack-tip fields in FGMs. The present approach uses a user-defined crack increment at the beginning of the simulation. Crack trajectories obtained by the present numerical simulation are compared with available experimental results.


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