Abstract

We present stress intensity factor assessment using nodal displacements of the crack surfaces determined by the finite element method for cracked bodies. The equation is solved by expanding the crack opening displacement in the Chebyshev function, where crack front asymptotic behavior corresponds to the regulations of the linear elastic fracture mechanics. Results of the stress intensity factor calculations are obtained for test problems with analytical solution. Crack opening displacements are defined with the help of the 3D SPACE software package designed to model mixed variational formulation of the finite element method for displacements and strains of the thermoelastic boundary value problems.

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