Abstract
Fatigue crack growth is modelled using a quadrature element method (QEM) in conjunction with a subregion generalized variational principle. Introducing the exact crack-tip stress field to the complementary energy subregion leads to accurate computation of stress intensity factors (SIFs), and applying the global high-order QEM to the potential energy subregion results in the least mesh effort and thus improved remeshing efficiency. With the aid of the fatigue crack growth criterion, structural fatigue life and crack path are predicted in an incremental manner. By specifying the remeshing rule that requires minimal effort, the entire growth process is modelled automatically. Several numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness, accuracy and efficiency of the proposed approach.
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