The Open Mechanical Engineering Journal

2015, 9 : 887-891
Published online 2015 October 7. DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01509010887
Publisher ID: TOMEJ-9-887

Analysis of Sheet Fracture Failure Based on XFEM

Xinya Chen , Zhen Chen and Yang Zhao
Department of Electronic and Communication Engineering, Henan Mechanical & Electrical Engineering College, Xinxiang 453003, China.

ABSTRACT

Extended finite element method (XFEM) is the most effective numerical method to solve discrete mechanical problem. Crack growth problem of two-dimension finite length rectangle panel is researched based on Abaqus XFEM frame. Stress intensity factor is obtained respectively by theoretical calculation and XFEM simulation, which proves reliability of XFEM and the software.

Keywords:

XFEM, Fracture mechanics, Stress intensity factor, Static crack simulation.