@Article{sdhm.2010.006.305,
AUTHOR = {G. Dhondt,  D. Bremberg},
TITLE = {Propagation of Cracks in Selected Specimens Subject to Mixed-Mode},
JOURNAL = {Structural Durability \& Health Monitoring},
VOLUME = {6},
YEAR = {2010},
NUMBER = {3&4},
PAGES = {305--328},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/sdhm/v6n3&4/35268},
ISSN = {1930-2991},
ABSTRACT = {In a previous article the K-distritubion along the crack front of several mixed-mode specimens was investigated [Dhondt, Chergui, and Buchholz (2001)]. Both the modified virtual crack closure integral method and the quarter point element stress field method yielded results close to the available reference solutions in the literature [Murakami (1987)]. The present paper extends these results in two aspects. First, the meshing procedure used to obtain a focused mesh at the crack front is modified in order to deal with highly curved cracks. Secondly, the K-distribution along the initial crack is used to perform a crack propagation calculation. The form of the propagated cracks agrees well with what one expects and with experimental evidence.
},
DOI = {10.3970/sdhm.2010.006.305}
}