Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
Volume 80, Issue 12, Pages 1520-1543Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2665
Keywords
three-dimensional crack propagation; level set; dynamic fracture; phantom node method; extended finite element method; XFEM
Funding
- Office of Naval Research [N00014-06-1-0380]
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An approximate level set method for three-dimensional crack propagation is presented. In this method, the discontinuity surface in each cracked element is defined by element-local level sets (ELLSs). The local level sets are generated by a fitting procedure that meets the fracture directionality and its continuity with the adjacent element crack surfaces in a least-square sense. A simple iterative procedure is introduced to improve the consistency of the generated element crack surface with those of the adjacent cracked elements. The discrete discontinuity is treated by the phantom node method which is a simplified version of the extended finite element method (XFEM). The ELLS method and the phantom node technology are combined for the solution of dynamic fracture problems. Numerical examples for three-dimensional dynamic crack propagation are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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