Computational aspects of  quasi-static crack propagation

Dorothee Knees; Andreas Schröder

doi:10.3934/dcdss.2013.6.63

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2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: 63-99. Doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2013.6.63

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Computational aspects of quasi-static crack propagation

Dorothee Knees^1, and
Andreas Schröder^2,

1.
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin
2.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Mathematik, Rudower Chaussee 25，12489 Berlin

Received: May 2011

Revised: August 2011

Published: February 2013

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The focus of this note lies on the numerical analysis of models describing the propagation of a single crack in a linearly elastic material. The evolution of the crack is modeled as a rate-independent process based on the Griffith criterion. We follow two different approaches for setting up mathematically well defined models: the global energetic approach and an approach based on a viscous regularization.
We prove the convergence of solutions of fully discretized models (i.e. with respect to time and space) and derive relations between the discretization parameters (mesh size, time step size, viscosity parameter, crack increment) which guarantee the convergence of the schemes. Further, convergence rates are provided for the approximation of energy release rates by certain discrete energy release rates. Thereby we discuss both, models with self-contact conditions on the crack faces as well as models with pure Neumann conditions on the crack faces. The convergence proofs rely on regularity estimates for the elastic fields close to the crack tip and local and global finite element error estimates. Finally the theoretical results are illustrated with some numerical calculations.

Keywords:

Rate-independent crack propagation,
self-contact,
global energetic model,
$BV$-model,
vanishing viscosity approach,
convergence rate for energy release rates,
finite elements.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 74R10, 65M60; Secondary: 49J40, 49L25, 74G65, 65N30.

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