Finite Elements in Fracture Mechanics Theory - Numerics - Applications /

• Main Author: Kuna, Meinhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 201
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Materials Science, general.; Computational Science and Engineering.

Fracture mechanics has established itself as an important discipline of growing interest to those working to assess the safety, reliability and service life of engineering structures and materials. In order to calculate the loading situation at cracks and defects, nowadays numerical techniques like...