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This volume presents the dual boundary element formulation which uses continuous elements in three dimensions, and applies it to the analysis of geomechanical fracture problems and fatigue crack growth. The method overcomes the mathematical degeneration associated with the solitary use of the displacement boundary integral equation for cracked bodies by introducing an additional independent boundary integral equation on one of the crack surfaces. Effective implementation is achieved through the use of accurate algorithms for the singular and near-singular integrals in the dual equations.Editorials
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Providing engineers working in fracture mechanics a reference tool, Wilde (Wessex Institute of Technology) presents a formulation that uses continuous elements in three dimensions, and applies it to the analysis of geomechanical fracture problems and fatigue crack growth. It overcomes the mathematical degeneration associated with the use of the displacement boundary integral equation alone by introducing an additional independent boundary integral equation on one of the crack surfaces. He effectively implements the method through the use of accurate algorithms for the singular and near-singular integrals in the dual equations, then considers two new approaches to enable discretization of the crack surfaces with continuous elements. The text is double spaced and is not indexed. Distributed in North America by Computational Mechanics, Inc. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 1, 2000
Publisher
WIT Press
Pages
244
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781853126796