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Introduction
Collapsed Quadrilateral QPE Element
Enriched Element
Demo NS-FFEM1.0
Result
Extended Finite Element Method
Summary
u~
~1
r
r
ui ( x) N ij ( x)u j
Ex)
7
47
3
8
H/
4
3H/4
Transition Element
Lynn and Ingraffea, 1978
Combined with QPE element
Improving the accuracy of SIF, under special
configuration
Located between Normal Element & QPE
L 2 L 1
L
4
Collapsed
QPE
(1,0 (L,0
(L,0
Meshing tips
Suggestion
L-QPE/ 4a
~ 0.050.2
L-QPE/L-Tra.
~
1.5244
Number of QPE
L
~6
-Tra.
L -QPE 12
Quarter
Point
Element
Transitional
Element
Isoparamet
ric Element
Note:
No optimal element
Enrich Element
Adding the analytic expression of the crack
tip field to the conventional FEM
Singular field
General
FEM
term
QI 1
1
1
cos
sin 2
G
2 2
2
Drawbacks
Part of the solution of
Additional DOF
displacement field
Not able to use general FEM
Higher order
u
11
12
K
K
F
more integration point
KI
21
22
Incompatibility in displacement
K
F '
K
K
Transition element
II
NS-FFEM ver1.0
Fem.exe
Method
Gaussian Elimination
Algebraic BC
B,D
Input
CPE4,CPE8,QPE8+Transitio
nal
Mesh number
Geometry
Material Property
Output
SIF (QPDT)
,
u, v
Deformed Configuration
Result-1
SIF QPDT method
2G 2
KI
(v ' B v ' D )
1 L
SIF DCT method
2G 2
KI
((v'B v'D ) (v'C v'E )
1 L
E
C
D
B
Result - 2
Enriched by singular
function around tip.
Extended FEM-1
n
mt
mf
j 1
k 1
l 1
h 1
A
II
FI
FII
H Discontinuous
function
Extended FEM-2
Discontinuo
us Function
H
Singular
field
Function
Summary
mt
mf
j 1
k 1
l 1
h 1
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