Authors: Tianshu Liu and Chia-Hsun Hsieh, Cornell University
Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution
6. Numerical Results
7. Verification & Validation
Exercises
Comments
Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
The linear elastic crack solutions for the stress near the crack tip are:
Thee linear elastic crack solutions for the displacement near the crack tip are:
where r is the radial direction and theta is the circumferential direction. The value for both mu and K is 1e6.