• DocumentCode
    2846763
  • Title

    The Mean Value Method for Crack Propagation

  • Author

    Tang, X.H. ; Wu, S.C. ; Zheng, C. ; Zhang, J.H.

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of Hydraulics & Mountain River Eng., Sichuan Univ., Chengdu, China
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-16 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    453
  • Lastpage
    457
  • Abstract
    The simulation of crack propagation by mean value method (MVM) is discussed, in which advanced refining and remeshing strategies are proposed and then used. Two benchmark problems are analyzed by MVM and compared with standard FEM. It is found that MVM can provide significantly better accuracy in both displacement and energy norms. Numerical results of fracture problems are found to be good agreement with experimental solutions. Furthermore, it is observed that mesh can be automatically refined and remeshed along the propagating crack paths.
  • Keywords
    computational geometry; mesh generation; crack propagation simulation; fracture problems; mean value method; remeshing strategy; Computer aided manufacturing; Educational institutions; Finite element methods; Geometry; Hydroelectric power generation; Mechanical engineering; Rivers; Shape; Virtual manufacturing; Water resources; Mean Value Method; crack propagation; refining strategy; remeshing strategy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Natural Computation, 2009. ICNC '09. Fifth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tianjin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3736-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICNC.2009.73
  • Filename
    5365120