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An efficient meshfree method for fracture analysis of cracks in BI-materials
Published in
2006
Volume: 2006
   
Abstract
This paper presents an enriched meshless method based on an improved moving least-square approximation (IMLS) method for fracture analysis of cracks in homogeneous, isotropic, linear-elastic, two-dimensional bimaterial solids, subject to mixed-mode loading conditions. The method involves an element-free Galerkin formulation in conjunction with IMLS and a new enriched basis functions to capture the singularity field in linear-elastic bi-material fracture mechanics. In the IMLS method, the orthogonal function system with a weight function is used as the basis function. The IMLS has higher computational efficiency and precision than the MLS, and will not lead to an ill-conditioned system of equations. The proposed enriched basis function can be viewed as a generalized enriched basis function, which degenerates to a linear-elastic basis function when the bimaterial constant is zero. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the computational efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method. Copyright © 2006 by ASME.
About the journal
JournalAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
ISSN0277027X
Open AccessNo
Concepts (10)
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    BIMATERIAL CONSTANT
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    Computational efficiency
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    ENRICHED BASIS FUNCTION
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    Meshfree methods
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    Crack initiation
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    FRACTURE MECHANICS
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    Galerkin methods
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    Least squares approximations
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    Numerical methods
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    Materials testing