A virtual crack-closure technique for calculating stress intensity factors for cracked three dimensional bodies

A finite element calculation of stress intensity factors by a modified crack closure integral

E.F. Rybicki, M. F. Kanninen · Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 1977 · 2.3K citations

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On the use of isoparametric finite elements in linear fracture mechanics

Roshdy S. Barsoum · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering · 1976 · 1.5K citations

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Crack tip finite elements are unnecessary

R.D. Henshell, K. G. Shaw · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering · 1975 · 1.1K citations

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A stiffness derivative finite element technique for determination of crack tip stress intensity factors

David M. Parks · International Journal of Fracture · 1974 · 725 citations

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On the method of virtual crack extensions

T. K. Hellen · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering · 1975 · 618 citations

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