Relative Performance of Three Mesh-Reduction Methods in Predicting Mode III Crack-Tip Singularity

Abstract Due to their robustness in handling the inherent singularity difficulties associated with crack analysis, mesh-reduction methods present an avalanche of formulations in the literature which, sometimes, entails modifications to their conventional/standard forms for better results. Although s...

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Main Author: Faisal M. Mukhtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Marcílio Alves
Series:Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-78252017000701226&lng=en&tlng=en