XFEM fracture analysis of composites

"This book describes the basics and developments of the new XFEM approach to fracture analysis of structures and materials, providing state of the art techniques and algorithms for fracture analysis of structures. It offers numeric examples at the end of each chapter, as well as an accompanying website, which will include MATLAB resources, executables, data files, and simulation procedures of XFEM"--

Introduction. -- 1.1 Composite structures. -- 1.2 Failure of composites. -- 1.3 Crack analysis. -- 1.4 Analytical solutions for composites. -- 1.5 Numerical techniques. -- 1.6 Scope of the book. -- Fracture Mechanics, a Review. -- 2.1 Introduction. -- 2.2 Basics of elasticity. -- 2.3 Basics of LEFM. -- 2.4 stress intensity factor. -- 2.5 Classical solution procedures for K and G. -- 2.6 Quarter point singular elements. -- 2.7 J integral. -- 2.8 Elastoplastic fracture mechanics (EPFM). -- Extended Finite Element Method. -- 3.1 Introduction. -- 3.2 Historic development of XFEM. -- 3.3 Enriched approximations. -- 3.4 XFEM formulation. -- 3.5 XFEM strong discontinuity enrichments. -- 3.6 XFEM weak discontinuity enrichments. -- 3.7 XFEM crack tip enrichments. -- 3.8 Transition from standard to enriched approximation. -- 3.9 Tracking moving boundaries. -- 3.10 Numerical simulations. -- Static Fracture Analysis of Composites.

4.1 Introduction. -- 4.2 Anisotropic elasticity. -- 4.3 Analytical solutions for near crack tip. -- 4.4 Orthotropic mixed mode fracture. -- 4.5 Anisotropic XFEM. -- 4.6 Numerical simulations. -- Dynamic Fracture Analysis of Composites. -- 5.1 Introduction. -- 5.2 A…