Abstract: In this paper, an inertiabased stabilizing method is proposed to overcome the loss of numerical convergence in quasistatic simulations of fracture problems with unstable (fast or dynamic) crack propagation. The method ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new augmented finite element method (AFEM) that can account for patharbitrary, multiple intraelemental discontinuities with a demonstrated improvement in numerical efficiency by two orders of magnitude ...