Abstract: An efficient numerical (finite-element) method is presented for the dynamic analysis of rapidly propagating cracks in finite bodies, of arbitrary shape, wherein linear-elastic material behavior and ...

Abstract: Using the moving-singularity finite-element method described in Part 1 of this paper, several problems of dynamic crack propagation in finite bodies have been analyzed. Discussions of the effects ...

Abstract: Analytical expressions are derived for the derivatives of the crack-surface displacement field, with respect to the lengths of the major and minor axes, respectively, of an elliptical crack ...

Abstract: An alternating method, in conjunction with the finite element method and a newly developed analytical solution for an elliptical crack in an infinite solid, is used to determine stress intensity ...

Abstract: First, this paper presents the concepts of separated J-integrals and separated energy release rates. The path-independent separated J-integrals have the physical significance of energy flows into ...

Abstract: Numerical simulations of fast fracture in four cases of dynamic tear test experiments on 4340 steel are performed using a moving singular finite element method. The experimentally measured crack ...

Abstract: The evaluation of stress intensity factors for surface flaw problems and, in particular, semi-elliptical surface cracks in cylindrical pressure vessels has been well developed using the finite ...