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Boundary elements in nonlinear fracture mechanics
- Title
- Boundary elements in nonlinear fracture mechanics / V.M.A. Leitão.
- Author
- Leitão, V. M. A.
- Publication
- Southampton, UK ; Boston, MA : Computational Mechanics Publications, [1994], ©1994.
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- Description
- 261 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Topics in engineering, 0952-5300 ; v. 21
- Uniform Title
- Topics in engineering ; v. 21.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255).
- Contents
- 1. Introduction. 1.1. Fracture Mechanics. 1.2. Problems Addressed by Fracture Mechanics. 1.3. Numerical Fracture Mechanics. 1.4. Aim of this Work -- 2. Basic Solid Mechanics. 2.1. Elasticity. 2.2. Elastoplasticity. 2.3. Prandtl-Reuss Equations -- 3. Basic Fracture Mechanics -- 3.1. Overview. 3.2. Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM). 3.3. The J-integral. 3.4. Elasto-Plastic Fracture Mechanics (EPFM). 3.5. Fatigue Crack Growth -- 4. An Elastoplastic Boundary Element Formulation. 4.1. Boundary Element Methods in Solid Mechanics. 4.2. The Governing Equations. 4.3. Boundary Integral Formulation. 4.4. Numerical Aspects. 4.5. Treatment of the Integrals. 4.6. Formation of the System Matrices. 4.7. Solution Techniques for Nonlinear Problems. 4.8. Benchmark Problems -- 5. Application to Crack Problems: J-type Integrals. 5.2. Some J-type Integrals. 5.3. Implementation of Contour Integrals in a BEM Elastoplastic Formulation. 5.4. Numerical Integration.
- 5.5. Numerical Comparison of the Various Integrals -- 6. The Elastoplastic Dual Boundary Element Method (EPDBEM). 6.2. The Elastoplastic DBEM. 6.3. Treatment of the Integrals. 6.4. Numerical Applications -- 7. Application of the EPDBEM to Crack Contact Problems. 7.3. Contact Mechanics. 7.4. Evaluation of J-type EPFM Parameters. 7.5. Numerical Applications -- 8. Effect of Residual Stresses on Fatigue Crack Growth. 8.2. Fatigue Crack Growth. 8.3. The Weight Function Technique. 8.4. Numerical Application (LEFM/WF) -- 9. Elastoplastic Simulation of Crack Growth in the Presence of Residual Stress Fields. 9.2. Modelling of Stable Crack Growth. 9.3. Numerical Application (EPFM/J). 10. Conclusions and Future Work -- App. A Irwin's and Dugdale's Models.
- ISBN
- 1853123358 (Southampton)
- 1562522590 (Boston)
- LCCN
- 94072219
- OCLC
- 31901819
- ocm31901819
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries