A Numeric Modelling Technique for the Shape Development of Fatigue Crack

피로 균열 형상 진전의 수치 모델링 기법에 관한 연구

This paper describes a versatile finite element technique which has been used to investigate of wide range of structural defects of practical importance. The procedure automatically remeshes the three-dimensional finite element model during the stages of crack growth. Problems analyzed to date include the surface cracks in leak-before-break situations, the development of quarter-elliptical corner defects, planar semi-elliptical surface defects and the fatigue growth of defects.