Abstract: A surface integral formulation, based on representing a crack as a distribution of force dipoles, has been developed for modeling the propagation of a three-dimensional nonplanar fracture. The ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional surface integral and finite element hybrid method has been developed for modeling arbitrarily shaped surface cracks in complex structural components. Accurate stress intensity ...

Abstract: The surface integral method, an indirect boundary element method that represents a crack as a distribution of force dipoles, has been developed to model three-dimensional nonplanar crack growth ...