Multiple crack propagation with XFEM

Work of Dr Sutula, P. Kerfriden and S. Bordas, in collaboration with Soitec. 

 

D Sutula, P Kerfriden, T van Dam, SPA Bordas, Minimum energy multiple crack propagation. Part I: Theory and state of the art review, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 191, 205-224, 2018

D Sutula, P Kerfriden, T van Dam, SPA Bordas, Minimum energy multiple crack propagation. Part-II: Discrete solution with XFEM, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 191, 225-256, 2018