Cracking particles: a simplified meshfree method for arbitrary evolving cracks

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Summary

A new approach for modelling discrete cracks in meshfree methods is described, in which the crack can be arbitrarily oriented, but its growth is represented discretely by activation of crack surfaces at individual particles, so no representation of the crack's topology is needed.

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2004-12-07
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Keywords

Heaviside step function, Classification of discontinuities, Discontinuity (linguistics), Representation (politics), Cracking

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