Fracture and Structural Integrity e-ISSN 1971-8993 Open access
Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021)

Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method

Author and affiliation details
  • Sami Derouiche Corresponding author Civil Engineering department, University of August 20, 1955, Skikda, Algeria. ORCID iD0000-0002-3171-1265 sami.derouiche25@gmail.com
  • Salah Bouziane Civil Engineering department, University of August 20, 1955, Skikda, Algeria. Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Hydraulics, University of May 8, 1945, Guelma, Algeria.
  • Hamoudi Bouzerd Civil Engineering department, University of August 20, 1955, Skikda, Algeria. Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Hydraulics, University of May 8, 1945, Guelma, Algeria.
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26
Pages
359-372
Published
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CC BY 4.0
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Abstract

The material with anisotropic properties are becoming widely essential due to the ease to manipulate their mechanical properties in order to obtain a particular quality, insure safety or a specific behavior. Those kind of materials are considered anisotropic because their characteristics and behavior are dependent to every direction of the material’s orientation.

In this work, the virtual crack closure-integral technique is implemented to a mixed finite element, in addition with the stiffness derivative procedure, to evaluate the energy release rate of crack extension in anisotropic materials. A simulation of a cracked edge rectangular plat with anisotropic characteristics is taken for example.

The results obtained are in good agreement with the analytical results, making the proposed technique a good model for fracture investigation and allow it to study more complicated cases in future works.

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Article history

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  4. AcceptedUntil the next stage: 5 days
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Funding

Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Hydraulic (LGCH) of University of May 8, 1945 –Guelma, Algeria.

About the authors

Salah Bouziane

Departement of civil engineering, University of 20 August 1955, Skikda.

with the rank of LECTURER A

Hamoudi Bouzerd

Professor at the departement of civil engineering of the University of 20 August 1955, Skikda.

How to cite

APA

Derouiche, S., Bouziane, S., & Bouzerd, H. (2021). Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 15(57), 359–372. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26

IEEE

S. Derouiche, S. Bouziane, and H. Bouzerd, “Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 15, no. 57, pp. 359–372, 2021, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26.

MLA

Derouiche, Sami, et al. “Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 15, no. 57, 2021, pp. 359–372. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26.

Chicago

Derouiche, Sami, Salah Bouziane, and Hamoudi Bouzerd. 2021. “Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 15 (57): 359–372. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26.

Harvard

Derouiche, S., Bouziane, S. and Bouzerd, H. (2021) ‘Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 15(57), pp. 359–372. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26.

Vancouver

Derouiche S, Bouziane S, Bouzerd H. Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2021;15(57):359-372. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26

BibTeX

@article{derouiche2021, author = {Derouiche, Sami and Bouziane, Salah and Bouzerd, Hamoudi}, title = {Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2021}, volume = {15}, number = {57}, pages = {359--372}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Derouiche, Sami AU - Bouziane, Salah AU - Bouzerd, Hamoudi TI - Mixed Finite Element Computation of Energy Release Rate in Anisotropic Materials Based on Virtual Crack Closure-Integral Method JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2021 DA - 2021/06/22 VL - 15 IS - 57 SP - 359 EP - 372 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.26 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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