Weilong Ai
An adaptive cracking particle method providing explicit and accurate description of 3D crack surfaces
Ai, Weilong; Augarde, Charles
Abstract
Cracks in 3D have arbitrary shapes and therefore present difficulties for numerical modelling. A novel adaptive cracking particle method with explicit and accurate description of 3D cracks is described in this paper. In this meshless method, crack surfaces are described by a set of discontinuous segments which are associated with particles. This group of particles are assumed all to be “cracked” and split into two sub-particles with modified support domains. Compared to the original method where the spherical supports at particles are equally divided, the proposed method makes use of non-planar segments to account for changes in crack face direction. The orientations of those segments and the angular changes of cracks during crack propagation steps are recorded using triangular meshes. Supports of weight functions are modified according to those changes so that quasi-continuous crack surfaces can be obtained, avoiding the spurious cracking seen in earlier CPMs. An adaptive approach in 3D is then introduced to capture stress gradients around crack fronts. Several 3D crack problems with reference results have been tested to validate the proposed method with good agreement being achieved using the new method, showing it to be potentially a significant advance for 3D fracture predictions problems.
Citation
Ai, W., & Augarde, C. (2018). An adaptive cracking particle method providing explicit and accurate description of 3D crack surfaces. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 114(12), 1291-1309. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5786
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 24, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 6, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jun 22, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jan 26, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 6, 2019 |
Journal | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering |
Print ISSN | 0029-5981 |
Electronic ISSN | 1097-0207 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 114 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 1291-1309 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5786 |
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This is the accepted version of the following article: Ai, Weilong & Augarde, Charles (2018). An adaptive cracking particle method providing explicit and accurate description of 3D crack surfaces. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 114(12): 1291-1309, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5786. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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