Boundary element method analysis of interface cracks between orthotropic layers

• Main Author: Lee, Jack Shiang.
• Other Authors: Ang Hock Eng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16175
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The boundary element method (BEM) with quadratic quarter-point crack-tip element is employed to obtain the stress intensity factors, K1 and K2, the phase angle ψ, as well as the strain energy release rates G of the crack-tip occurring in either completely isotropic materials or bimaterial interfaces...