An XFEM method for modelling geometrically （一个XFEM几何建模的方法）.pdf

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng 2009; 1:1 Prepared using nmeauth.cls [Version: 2002/09/18 v2.02] An XFEM method for modelling geometrically elaborate crack propagation in brittle materials 1,∗ 2 1 1 Casey L. Richardson , Jan Hegemann , Eftychios Sifakis , Jeffrey Hellrung , Joseph M. Teran1 1 Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951555, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1555 2 Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of M¨unster, Einsteinstrasse 62, D-48149 M¨unster SUMMARY We present a method for simulating quasistatic crack propagation in 2-D which combines the extended finite element method (XFEM) with a general algorithm for cutting triangulated domains, and introduce a simple yet general and flexible quadrature rule based on the same geometric algorithm. The combination of these methods gives several advantages. First, the cutting algorithm provides a flexible and systematic way of determining material connectivity, which is required by the XFEM enrichment functions. Also, our integration scheme is straightfoward to implement and accurate, without requiring a triangulation that incorporates the new crack edges or the addition of new degrees of freedom to the system. The use of this cutting algorithm and integration rule allows for geometrically complicated c domains and complex crack patterns. Copyright 2009 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. ∗Correspondence to: Casey Richardson, Department of Mathe