Development of Crack Generation and Propagation Algorithms for Computational Structural Mechanics

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2009-02-11T16:58:37Z

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Arteaga-Gomez, Joaquin M.

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This thesis describes the latest advances in crack generation and propagation implemented in SIMPACT, a general purpose, large deformation, explicit structural dynamics code developed at the Center for numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), and its coupling with FEFLO, a general purpose compressible and incompressible flow solver based on adaptive unstructured grids. Details on the codes, as well as the coupling strategy are given. Examples illustrate the possibilities the present-fluid-structure coupling offers.

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FEFLO, Fluid Structure Interaction, Contact, SIMPACT, Crack Generation

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