A study on finite elements for capturing strong discontinuities

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Document typeArticle
Defense date2003-04
PublisherJohn Wiley & sons
Rights accessOpen Access
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The work focuses on the presently existing families of finite elements with embedded discontinuities and explores the possibilities of obtaining symmetric statically consistent finite elements that alleviate the stress-locking problem. For this purpose, mixed (reduced integration) and assumed enhanced strain techniques are applied to the basic symmetric four-noded element. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the proposed measures.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [Oliver, J., Huespe, A.E. and Samaniego, E. (2003), A study on finite elements for capturing strong discontinuities. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng., 56: 2135-2161. doi:10.1002/nme.657], which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nme.657. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
CitationOliver, J.; Huespe, A.; Samaniego, A. A study on finite elements for capturing strong discontinuities. "International journal for numerical methods in engineering", Abril 2003, vol. 56, núm. 14, p. 2135-2161.
ISSN0029-5981
Publisher versionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nme.657
Other identifiershttps://www.scipedia.com/public/Oliver_et_al_2003a
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