Finite Elements in Fracture Mechanics Theory - Numerics - Applications

Fracture mechanics has established itself as an important discipline of growing interest to those working to assess the safety, reliability and service life of engineering structures and materials. In order to calculate the loading situation at cracks and defects, nowadays numerical techniques like...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuna, Meinhard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
Subjects:
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Classification of fracture processes
  • 3 Basics of fracture mechanics
  • 4 Finite Element Method
  • 5 FE-techniques for crack analysis in linear-elastic structures
  • 6 Numerical calculation of generalized energy balance integrals
  • 7 FE-techniques for crack analysis in elastic-plastic structures
  • 8 Numerical simulation of crack propagation
  • 9 Practical applications
  • 10 Appendix: Fundamentals of strength of materials
  • Index