A CONCURRENT MULTISCALE METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF CRACK PROPAGATION

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-03-13
/ 1
Aconcurrentmultiscalemethodisdevelopedforsimulatingquasi-staticcrackpropagationinwhichthefailureprocessesoccurinonlyasmallportionofthestructure.Forthispurpose,amultiscalemodelisadoptedandbothscalesarediscretizedwithfinite-elementmeshes.Theextendedfiniteelementmethodisemployedtotakeintoaccountthepropagationofdiscontinuitiesonthefine-scalesubregions.Atthesametime,fortheothersubregions,thecoarse-scalemeshisemployedandisresolvedbyusingtheextendedmultiscalefiniteelementmethod.Severalrepresentativenumericalexamplesaregiventoverifythevalidityofthemethod.