INTRODUCTION

• Components which are subjected to fluctuating loads are found

virtually everywhere
• Due to fatigue, cracks develops in components and ultimately
leads to failure of the component
• If failure of a component is not detected, it may lead to accident
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 LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors Methodology Conclusion
Y. Ha and F. Bobaru Dynamic crack propagation and crack This method gives accurate results for brittle
(2010)
branching with peridynamics materials where branching of cracks occurs
frequently

T. Rabzcuk et. al. Three-dimensional cracking-particle This method gives same accuracy as other
(2010)
method without enrichment methods with less computational cost

R. Spatschek et. al. Phase field modeling of crack This method is suitable for cracks
(2011)
propagation Robert propagating at low speeds

Y. Jin et. Al Error-controlled adaptive extended Use of adapted mesh adaptation techniques
(2017)
finite element method allows to reduce total DOFs to achieve a
required error level

S. Yang et. al. Crack propagation by the numerical Numerical manifold method allows for crack
(2018)
manifold method propagation by using a physical and
mathematical cover without enrichment of
nodes.
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Y. D. Ha and F. Bobaru, “Studies of dynamic crack propagation and crack branching with peridynamics,” Int. J. Fract.,
vol. 162, no. 1–2, pp. 229–244, 2010.

T. Rabczuk, G. Zi, S. Bordas, and H. Nguyen-Xuan, “A simple and robust three-dimensional cracking-particle method
without enrichment,” Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng., vol. 199, no. 37–40, pp. 2437–2455, 2010.

R. Spatschek, E. Brener, and A. Karma, “Phase field modeling of crack propagation,” Philos. Mag., vol. 91, no. 1, pp.
75–95, 2011.

Y. Jin, O. A. González-Estrada, O. Pierard, and S. P. A. Bordas, “Error-controlled adaptive extended finite element
method for 3D linear elastic crack propagation,” Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng., vol. 318, pp. 319–348, 2017.

S. Yang, M. Cao, X. Ren, G. Ma, J. Zhang, and H. Wang, “3D crack propagation by the numerical manifold method,”
Comput. Struct., vol. 194, pp. 116–129, 2018.