58:159 FRACTURE MECHANICS
Solutions for Computer Project No. 2

Problem 1

Analysis Results without a Crack

  • FEM mesh without a crack
  • Imposed Boundary Conditions
  • Consistent Nodal Loads
  • Deformed Mesh Geometry

    • Analysis Results for Case (a) [a/W = 0.25]

  • Mesh with a crack
  • Mesh with a crack (Blow-up)
  • Deformed Mesh Geometry (Blow-up)
  • SIF using Displacement Correlation
  • SIF using J-integral
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_XX
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_YY
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_XY

    • Analysis Results for Case (b) [a/W = 0.50]

  • Mesh with a crack
  • Mesh with a crack (Blow-up)
  • Deformed Mesh Geometry (Blow-up)
  • SIF using Displacement Correlation
  • SIF using J-integral
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_XX
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_YY
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_XY

    • Analysis Results for Case (c) [a/W = 0.75]

  • Mesh with a crack
  • Mesh with a crack (Blow-up)
  • Deformed Mesh Geometry (Blow-up)
  • SIF using Displacement Correlation
  • SIF using J-integral
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_XX
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_YY
  • Contour Plot of Sigma_XY

    • Comparisons with Published Results

  • Table for Comparisons

    • Revised: by Rahman
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