FEM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUPLED CRITERION BASED ON MINIMIZATION OF THE TOTAL ENERGY SUBJECTED TO A STRESS CONDITION TO PREDICT MIXED MODE CRACK ONSET AND GROWTH

FEM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUPLED CRITERION BASED ON MINIMIZATION OF THE TOTAL ENERGY SUBJECTED TO A STRESS CONDITION TO PREDICT MIXED MODE CRACK ONSET AND GROWTH

Karthik Ambikakumari SanalkumarDogwood B

A numerical procedure predicting crack onset and growth in a mixed mode in brittle materials is developed using the Coupled Criterion of Finite Fracture Mechanics (CCFFM), which assumes crack advances by finite steps and requires both stress and energy conditions are fulfilled. The Principle of Minimum Total Energy subjected to a Stress Condition (PMTE-SC) is implemented by a load-stepping algorithm, minimising the total energy change due to a crack advance allowed by the stress criterion. A simple implementation of PMTE-SC in FEM code Abaqus considers cracks geometrically modelled as topological discontinuities in the FEM mesh, with cracks introduced explicitly during the discretisation of the domain, the crack faces coinciding with the element edges. Several numerical examples are solved for mixed-mode crack onset and propagation.
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