TY  - EJOU
AU  - Wen, P.H.  
AU  - Aliabadi, M.H.  

TI  - Crack Growth Modelling in Functionally Graded Materials by Mesh-Free Method
T2  - Structural Durability \& Health Monitoring

PY  - 2012
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
SN  - 1930-2991

AB  - A mesh-free method for modelling crack growth in functionally graded materials is presented. Based on the variational principle of the potential energy, mesh-free method has been implemented with enriched radial bases interpolation functions to evaluate mixed-mode stress intensity factors, which are introduced to capture the singularity of stress at the crack tip. Paris law and the maximum principle stress criterion are adopted for defining the growth rate and direction of the fatigue crack growth respectively. The accuracy of the proposed method is assessed by comparison to other available solutions.
KW  - Meshless method
KW  -  stress intensity factors
KW  -  enriched radial bases functions
KW  -  fatigue crack growth
KW  -  Paris law
KW  -  functionally graded materials

DO  - 10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.223