Journal
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS
Volume 62, Issue 4, Pages 783-801Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-017-1527-8
Keywords
Generalized; extended FEM; Fracture mechanics; Two-scale analysis; Micro-defects; Stress intensity factor
Funding
- CNPq Scholarship, Brazil [151003/2017-3]
- CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Developments) [308932/2016-1]
- CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel)
- FAPEMIG (Foundation for Research Support of the State of Minas Gerais) [APQ-02460-16]
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Generalized or extended finite element method (G/XFEM) models the crack by enriching functions of partition of unity type with discontinuous functions that represent well the physical behavior of the problem. However, this enrichment functions are not available for all problem types. Thus, one can use numerically-built (global-local) enrichment functions to have a better approximate procedure. This paper investigates the effects of micro-defects/inhomogeneities on a main crack behavior by modeling the micro-defects/inhomogeneities in the local problem using a two-scale G/XFEM. The global-local enrichment functions are influenced by the micro-defects/inhomogeneities from the local problem and thus change the approximate solution of the global problem with the main crack. This approach is presented in detail by solving three different linear elastic fracture mechanics problems for different cases: two plane stress and a Reissner-Mindlin plate problems. The numerical results obtained with the two-scale G/XFEM are compared with the reference solutions from the analytical, numerical solution using standard G/XFEM method and ABAQUS as well, and from the literature.
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