Erasmo Carrera

Fatigue crack growth analysis using a coupled approach of 3D peridynamics and 1D high-order refined elements

To efficiently simulate 3D fatigue crack nucleation and growth, this paper incorporates a peridynamic (PD) fatigue model into a coupled local/non-local computational framework. In the critical damage zone, fatigue degradation is described by a 3D bond-based PD model equipped with...