Abstract
Computation of the energy release rate, based on the FEA software ANSYS, with the virtual crack close technique, is studied. To reduce post-processing workload, the spring element is imposed at the cracktip. In practical applications, COMBIN14 spring elements are adopted to set up the finite element model. Then, the numerical analysis method is applied in interface crack. But the calculaed strain energy release rates are pseudo values, and only the total strain energy release rate convergences. At last, two numerical experiments are presented to validate this method. The results show that the calculated values of the total strain energy release rate are well with the theoretical values. This numerical analysis method is an efficient and accurate numerical analysis method.
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