Extended (cid:1)nite element method for quasi-brittle fracture
Extended (cid:1)nite element method for quasi-brittle fracture
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S. Mariani;U. Perego
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S. Mariani;U. Perego
SUMMARY A methodology for the simulation of quasi-static cohesive crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials is presented. In the framework of the recently proposed extended (cid:1)nite element method, the partition of unity property of nodal shape functions has been exploited to introduce a higher-order displacement discontinuity in a standard (cid:1)nite element model. In this way, a cubic displacement discontinuity, able to reproduce the typical cusp-like shape of the process zone at the tip of a cohesive crack, is allowed to propagate without any need to modify the background (cid:1)nite element mesh. The e(cid:2)ectiveness of the proposed method has been assessed by simulating mode-I and mixed-mode experimental tests. Copyright ? 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.