scholarly journals Direct Evaluation of the Stress Intensity Factors for the Single and Multiple Crack Problems Using the P-Version Finite Element Method and Contour Integral Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 8111
Author(s):  
Jianming Zhang ◽  
Wensheng Yang ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Rui Xu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Integral Method ◽  
Infinite Plate ◽  
Contour Integral ◽  
Multiple Crack ◽  
Direct Evaluation ◽  
Crack Problems ◽  
Element Method

Stress intensity factor (SIF) is one of three important parameters in classical linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). The evaluation of SIFs is of great significance in the field of engineering structural and material damage assessment, such as aerospace engineering and automobile industry, etc. In this paper, the SIFs of a central straight crack plate, a slanted single-edge cracked plate under end shearing, the offset double-edge cracks rectangular plate, a branched crack in an infinite plate and a crucifix crack in a square plate under bi-axial tension are extracted by using the p-version finite element method (P-FEM) and contour integral method (CIM). The above single- and multiple-crack problems were investigated, numerical results were compared and analyzed with results using other numerical methods in the literature such as the numerical manifold method (NMM), improved approach using the finite element method, particular weight function method and exponential matrix method (EMM). The effectiveness and accuracy of the present method are verified.

scholarly journals Direct Computation of 3-D Stress Intensity Factors of Straight and Curved Planar Cracks with the P-Version Finite Element Method and Contour Integral Method

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 3949
Author(s):  
Jianming Zhang ◽  
Rui Xu ◽  
Yong He ◽  
Wensheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Integral Method ◽  
Contour Integral ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Straight Crack ◽  
Shaped Crack ◽  
Element Method

This paper presents direct computations of 3-D fracture parameters including stress intensity factors (SIFs) and T-stress for straight and curved planar cracks with the p-version finite element method (P-FEM) and contour integral method (CIM). No excessive singular element or enrichment function is required for the computation. To demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed approaches, several benchmark numerical models of 3-D planar straight and curved cracks with single and mixed-mode fractures are considered and analyzed: a through thickness edge straight crack in a homogeneous material, a through thickness inclined straight crack, a penny-shaped crack embedded in a cube and a central ellipse shaped crack in a homogeneous cube. Numerical results are analyzed and compared with analytical solutions and those reported by the extended finite element method (XFEM) and the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) in the available literature. Numerical experiments show the accuracy, robustness and effectiveness of the present method.

Application of Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) to Stress Intensity Factor Calculations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Do-Jun Shim ◽  
Mohammed Uddin ◽  
Sureshkumar Kalyanam ◽  
Frederick Brust ◽  
Bruce Young
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Extended Finite Element Method ◽  
Partition Of Unity ◽  
Extended Finite Element ◽  
Element Method

The extended finite element method (XFEM) is an extension of the conventional finite element method based on the concept of partition of unity. In this method, the presence of a crack is ensured by the special enriched functions in conjunction with additional degrees of freedom. This approach also removes the requirement for explicitly defining the crack front or specifying the virtual crack extension direction when evaluating the contour integral. In this paper, stress intensity factors (SIF) for various crack types in plates and pipes were calculated using the XFEM embedded in ABAQUS. These results were compared against handbook solutions, results from conventional finite element method, and results obtained from finite element alternating method (FEAM). Based on these results, applicability of the ABAQUS XFEM to stress intensity factor calculations was investigated. Discussions are provided on the advantages and limitations of the XFEM.

Wavelet Finite Element Method Analysis of Bending Plate Based on Hermite Interpolation

2013 ◽  
Vol 389 ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Shen ◽  
Yu Min He ◽  
Zhi Shan Duan ◽  
Zhong Bin Wei ◽  
Pan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Thin Plate ◽  
Hermite Interpolation ◽  
Energy Functional ◽  
Field Function ◽  
Wavelet Finite Element Method ◽  
Wavelet Finite Element ◽  
Crack Problems ◽  
Element Method

In this paper, a new kind of finite element method (FEM) is proposed, which use the two-dimensional Hermite interpolation scaling function constructed by tensor product as the basis interpolation function of field function, and then combine with the energy functional with related mechanics and variational principle, the wavelet finite element equations for solving elastic thin plate unit that constructed in this paper are derived. Then the bending problem of thin plate is solved very quickly and availably through the matlab program. The numerical example in this paper indicates the correctness and validity of this method, and has high calculation precision and convergence speed. Moreover, it also provides a reliable method to solve the free vibration problem of thin plate and the pipe crack problems.

A Coupled SBFEM-FEM Approach for Evaluating Stress Intensity Factors

2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 3369-3377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Guang Shi ◽  
Chong Ming Song ◽  
Hong Zhong ◽  
Yan Jie Xu ◽  
Chu Han Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Complex Geometry ◽  
Stress Singularity ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
Scaled Boundary Finite Element ◽  
Element Method

A coupled method between the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM) and Finite Element Method (FEM) for evaluating the Stress Intensity Factors (SIFs) is presented and achieved on the platform of the commercial finite element software ABAQUS by using Python as the programming language. Automatic transformation of the finite elements around a singular point to a scaled boundary finite element subdomain is realized. This method combines the high accuracy of the SBFEM in computing the SIFs with the ability to handle material nonlinearity as well as powerful mesh generation and post processing ability of commercial FEM software. The validity and accuracy of the method is verified by analysis of several benchmark problems. The coupled algorithm shows a good converging performance, and with minimum additional treatment can be able to handle more problems that cannot be solved by either SBFEM or FEM itself. For fracture problems, it proposes an efficient way to represent stress singularity for problems with complex geometry, loading condition or certain nonlinearity.

On XFEM Applications to Crack Surface under External Force

2012 ◽  
Vol 152-154 ◽  
pp. 210-215
Author(s):  
Tian Tang Yu ◽  
Lu Yang Shi
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Extended Finite Element Method ◽  
Crack Surface ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Extended Finite Element ◽  
Modeling Growth ◽  
Element Method

The extended finite element method is applied to modeling growth of arbitrary crack with crack surface tractions. Firstly, the extended finite element method is investigated for the stress intensity factor solution of surface traction problems. Secondly, for different water pressure acting on the crack surfaces and different crack length, the variation of the stress intensity factors is investigated. Finally, the process of hydraulic fracturing is simulated with the method. Numerical simulations illustrate that the method can effectively model the fracture problems with surface tractions.

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