Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg.
194 (2005) 935956
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Boundary element analysis of three-dimensional
mixed-mode cracks via the interaction integral
A.P. Cisilino *, J. Ortiz
Welding and Fracture Division, INTEMA, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mar del PlataCONICET,
Av. Juan B. Justo 4302, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina
Received 28 February 2003; received in revised form 30 July 2003; accepted 5 August 2003
Abstract
A three-dimensional boundary element method (BEM) implementation of the interaction integral methodology for
the numerical analysis of mixed-mode three-dimensional cracks is presented in this paper. The interaction integral is
evaluated from a domain representation naturally compatible with the BEM, since stresses, strains and derivatives
of displacements at internal points can be evaluated using their appropriate boundary integral equations. Special
emphasis is put in the selection of the auxiliary function that represents the virtual crack advance in the domain integral.
This is found to be a key feature to obtain reliable results at the intersection of crack fronts with free surfaces. Several
examples are analysed to demonstrate the eciency and accuracy of the implementation.
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Keywords: Fracture mechanics; Energy domain integral; Interaction integral; Boundary elements
1. Introduction
Evaluation of fracture parameters is usually the purpose of carrying out a numerical model of a crack
problem. Two-dimensional analyses are usually sucient to characterize through-thickness cracks. However, part through cracks, which are the most common type of crack defect found in service conditions,
have an inherently three-dimensional character. The solution to three-dimensional crack problems can
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be obtained by such techniques us the nite element method (FEM) and the boundary element method
(BEM).
When the basic assumption of linear elastic fracture mechanics is adopted, the stress intensity factors
can be evaluated in FEM and BEM by a variety of techniques, such us the extrapolation of displacements or stresses, special crack tip elements, the virtual crack extension method, the subtraction of singularity technique, the alternating method and J-integral methods [1,2]. Techniques based on the
extrapolation of displacements an stresses are easy to implement, but they present the drawback that
a very high level of mesh renement is required for its accurate evaluation [2], what makes them computationally expensive. Similarly, alternating and virtual crack extension methods are also computationally expensive, as they require of multiple computer runs to solve the problem. On the other hand,
J-integral methods, being an energy approach, eliminate the need to solve local crack tip elds accurately, since if integration domains are dened over a relatively large portion of the mesh, accurate modelling of the crack tip is unnecessary because the contribution to J of the crack tip elds is not signicant.
The J-integral as devised by Rice [3] characterizes the crack driving force for two-dimensional problems,
therefore for general three-dimensional cases involving cracks of arbitrary shape an alternative form for J
is needed. Three basic schemes have evolved for the numerical computation of the J-integral in three
dimensions: virtual crack extension methods [4,5], generalization of Rices contour integral [6] and domain integral methods [79].
The BEM is ideally suited for the evaluation of path independent integrals, since the required stresses,
strains and derivatives of displacements at internal points can be directly obtained from their boundary
integral representations. It also has been shown that BEM produces more accurate stresses and strains
at internal points when compared with other numerical techniques, and therefore better results can be
achieved. The application of the BEM for the evaluation of J-integral in three-dimensional problems have
been the reported by Rigby and Aliabadi [10], Huber and Kuhn [11], Cisilino et al. [12,13] and dellErba and
Aliabadi [14]. Although the bulk of fracture mechanics literature is concerned with the rst mode of crack
deformation, there are practical engineering problems that involve mixed-mode conditions. Of the above
cited papers, the works by Rigby [10] and dellErba [14] proposed methods for decoupling the J-integral
for mixed-mode cracks in which the symmetric and antisymmetric parts of the displacement, strain and
stress elds are separated.
Among the available methods for calculating fracture parameters, the energy domain integral (EDI) has
shown well suited for three-dimensional BEM analysis [12,13]. The EDI is versatile, ecient and relatively
simple to implement numerically. To develop the domain integral the EDI incorporates an auxiliary function q, which can be interpreted as a virtual crack front advance. This makes the EDI similar to the virtual
crack extension technique [15,16] but has the advantage that only one computer run is necessary to evaluate
the point wise energy release rate along the complete crack front. On the other hand, the interaction or M1integral methodology originally proposed by Chen and Shield [17] has emerged as an ecient methodology
for decoupling the J-integral for mixed-mode cracks. The M1-integral methodology is based on the superposition of two equilibrium states, given by the actual problem and a set of auxiliary known solutions. The
M1-integral methodology has been implemented using BEM for two-dimensional cracks by Miyazaki et al.
[18].
This work presents a BEM domain formulation of the M1-integral for the computation of mixedmode stress intensity factors along three-dimensional crack fronts. The domain representation of the
interaction integral is presented in a straightforward approach, together with the details of its BEM
implementation. Special emphasis is put in the appropriate selection of the auxiliary function q, which
was found to be a key feature to obtain reliable results at the intersection of crack fronts with free
surfaces. Several examples are analysed to demonstrate the eciency and accuracy of the implementation.
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2. The energy domain integral
Consider a three-dimensional crack front with a continuously turning tangent as depicted in Fig. 1(a).
Dene a local coordinate system x* at position g, where the crack energy release rate is evaluated, given
by x1 normal to the crack front, x2 normal to the crack plane, and x3 tangent to the crack front.
Following Natha and Moran [16], the general crack-tip contour integral along three-dimensional crack
front takes the form
Z
Ig lim dlg
w dki rij uj,k ni dC,
1
C!0
Cg
where w is the strain energy density, rij and uj,k are Cartesian components of stress and displacement derivatives expressed in the local system x*, dl(g) is the local crack extension, ni is the unit vector normal to the
contour C (which lies in the x1 x2 plane), and dC(g) is the dierential of the arc length C (see Fig. 1(a)). It
is worth noting that, although Eq. (1) comes from two-dimensional analysis it applies for three-dimensional
case, as in the limit as C ! 0, plain strain conditions prevail so that the three-dimensional elds approach
the plane problem.
In order to derive the equivalent domain representation of Eq. (1), we consider a small segment Lc of the
crack front that lies in the local x1 x3 plane as shown in Fig. 1(b). Next we assume that the segment undergoes a virtual crack advance in the plane of the crack, and we dene the magnitude of the advance at each
point g as Da(g). We note that Da(g) varies continuously along dg and vanishes at each end of the segment.
Now let
Z
I
IgDag dg,
2
Lc
where I(g) is the integral dened in Eq. (1). When I(g) belongs to the point-wise energy release rate, I gives
the total energy released when the nite segment Lc undergoes the virtual crack advance.
Fig. 1. (a) Denition of the local orthogonal Cartesian coordinates at point g on the crack front. (b) Virtual crack front advance.
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Fig. 2. Tubular domain surrounding a segment of the crack front.
The appropriate domain form of the pointwise crack-tip contour integral can be obtained from Eq. (2)
by considering a tubular domain V surrounding the crack segment as shown in Fig. 2. As shown in the gure, the surface St is formed by translating the contour C along the segment Lc, and So stands for the outer
surface of V including the ends. Next an auxiliary function q is introduced, which is suciently smooth in V
and it is dened on the surfaces of V as follows:
Da dlg on S t ,
q
3
0
on S o :
Finally, in the limit as the tubular surface St is shrunk onto the crack segment Lc; in the absence of crack
face tractions, we obtain the domain integral
Z
rij uj,k wdki q,i dV :
4
I
V
In the evaluation of the energy release rate, in the absence of body forces the integral given by Eq. (4) reduces to the domain representation of the familiar J-integral. A simple relationship between J(g) and the
pointwise crack-tip integral I(g) can be obtained if it is assumed that I(g) is constant along the segment
Lc. It follows directly from Eq. (2) that
I
:
Dag
dg
Lc
J g R
3. The interaction integral
In this section, the interaction or M1-integral methodology for decoupling three-dimensional mixedmode stress intensity factors is presented. The M1-integral is based on the principle of superposition. Let
us consider two equilibrium states with eld variables denoted by the superscripts (1) and (2), respectively.
Superposition of the two equilibrium states leads to another one, (1 + 2). Then the stress intensity factors
12
Kj
can be written as
12
Kj
Kj Kj
j I,II,III:
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The stress intensity factors can be related to the J-integral in a plain strain condition as follows:
J J I J II J III
1 2
K2
K I K 2II III ,
E
2l
where E is the Youngs and l is the shear modulus. Using Eq. (7), the J-integral for the superimposed state
(1 + 2) can be written as
2
12
1 2
K
2
2
III
1
2 1 2
K K
12
12
1 2
KI
J 1 J 2 K I K I K II K II III III :
8
J 12
K II
E
E
2l
l
Then, the M1-integral is dened as
1
2 1 2
K K
1 2
K K K II K II III III J 12 J 1 J 2 M 1 :
E I I
l
Using Eq. (4) a domain representation of the M1-integral can be obtained as follows:
Z
1 2
2 1
1 2
rij uj,k rij uj,k rij eij dki qk,i dV :
M1
10
For the decoupling the mixed-mode stress intensity factors the problem under consideration is selected as
1
1
equilibrium state (1), so that the eld variables rij and uj,k will be obtained in this work from the results
of a boundary element analysis. On the other hand, the well-known plain-strain solutions for the asymptotic crack-tip elds with prescribed stress intensity factors KI, KII and KIII, are selected as the equilibrium
2
2
2
state (2). Then the eld variables related with the equilibrium state (2), rij , uj,k and eij are calculated
from these asymptotic solutions. Finally the M1-integral dened in Eq. (10) can be calculated, using the
eld variables related with the equilibrium states (1) and (2). By using three sets of asymptotic solutions,
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
K I 1,K II 0,K III 0, K I 0,K II 1,K III 0 and K I 0,K II 0,K III 1, it is possible to
obtain the stress intensity factor solutions for individual modes from Eq. (9) as follows:
M a1 E
Mb E
1
1
K II 1
K III M c1 l,
11
2
2
where M a1 , M b1 and M c1 are the values of the M1-integral calculated using the three sets of asymptotic
solutions.
It is important to point out that the present implementation of the M1-integral approach is only valid for
straight crack fronts. For the application of the M1-integral along curved crack fronts extra terms need to
be included in Eq. (10) [19]. It is also worth noting that since the M1-integral is based upon the assumption
that the near-crack tip elds asymptote to the plane strain elds, it is not strictly applicable at the intersection of the crack front with a free surface. It turns that out that
pat the intersection of the crack front and a
free surface, the singularity is more severe than the usual 1= r singularity. The performance of the proposed methodology at the intersection of the crack front with a free surface is extensively discussed in
the following sections of the paper.
1
KI
4. The dual boundary element method and modeling considerations
Although the conventional BEM is ecient in carrying out general stress analysis, it is not possible to
use it directly for general mixed mode crack problems. The coincidence of the crack surfaces make the
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collocation point on two surfaces identical, leading to a mathematical generation [1]. Among the special
techniques devised to overcome this diculty the dual boundary element method (DBEM) is the more
general and versatile. In what follows the DBEM is briey presented following Cisilino et al. [20,21].
The reader is referred to the cited references for further details.
The dual boundary integral equations on which the DBEM is based are the displacement and the traction integral equations. Considering a body with domain X(X) surrounded by a boundary C(x), the displacement boundary integral equation relating the boundary displacements uj(x) with the boundary
tractions tj(x) can be written as,
Z
Z
C ij x0 ui x0 T ij x0 ,xuj x dCx
U ij x0 ,xtj x dCx,
12
C
where i, j denote Cartesian components; and T ij x0 ,x and U ij x0 ,x represent the Kelvin traction and displacement fundamental solutions at a boundary point x due to a unit load placed at location x 0 .
Assuming continuity of both strains and tractions at x 0 on a smooth boundary, the boundary traction integral equation is obtained by dierentiating Eq. (12) and applying the material constitutive
relationships
Z
Z
1
ti x0 ni x0 T ijk x0 ,xuk x dCx ni x0 U ijk x0 ,xtk x dCx,
13
2
C
C
where ni(x 0 ) denotes the component of the outward unit normal to the boundary at x 0 . The kernels T ijk x0 ,x
and U ijk x0 ,x contain derivatives of T ij x0 ,x and U ij x0 ,x together with elastic constants.
The above formulation can be rewritten in terms of the crack opening and sliding displacements to reduce the number of unknowns (see Aliabadi and Rooke [1]). Considering that the model boundary C can be
divided into three surfaces: C+ and C, which are the two coincident crack surfaces, and Ce, which is the
remaining surfaces, the displacement and traction equations (12) and (13) can be re-written for the case
of traction-free crack surfaces using a simplied notation as
0
C ij x ui x
Z
Ce
1
ti x0 ni x0
2
Z
Ce
T ij uj dC
Z
C
T ij Duj dC
T ijk uk dC ni x0
Z
C
Z
Ce
U ij tj dC,
T ijk Duk dC ni x0
14
Z
Ce
U ijk tk dC,
15
where the new unknowns are given by the relative displacement between the crack faces Duj u
j uj .
The general modelling strategy can be summarized as follows:
only one of the crack surfaces is discretized and the traction boundary integral equation (15) is applied
for collocation. The discretization is done using discontinuous elements, which are used to fulll the continuity requirements of the eld variables for the existence of the traction equation,
continuous elements are used over the remaining model boundary, except at the intersection of the crack
with the boundary surface. In this region edge discontinuous elements are employed to avoid common
nodes at the intersection. The displacement boundary integral equation (14) is used to collocate in both
cases.
This simple strategy is robust and allows the DBEM to eectively model general crack problems. Crack
tips, crack edge corners and crack kinks do not require special treatment, since they are not located at nodal
points where the collocation is carried out.
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5. Stresses, strains and displacement derivatives
5.1. Internal points
As it has been stated in Section 3, the application of the M1-integral methodology requires the stress and
displacement derivative elds rij and uj,k to be known within the integration volume V. Although this quantities must be expressed in the local crack-front coordinate system x*, in this work, and for the sake of simplicity, they will be rstly computed in the global system x and later transformed to the local system x*.
Bearing this into mind, and in order to integrate the computation of the M1-integral into the DBEM formulation, derivatives of the displacements at internal points X 0 are obtained from their boundary integral
representations. The integral equation for the displacement derivatives results from the analytical dierentiation of the internal counterpart of Eq. (13):
Z
Z
Z
ui,m X 0
U ij,m tj dC
T ij,m uj dC
T ij,m Duj dC,
16
Ce
U ij,m
Ce
T ij,m
where the terms
and
are the derivatives of the fundamental displacement U ij , and traction T ij
solutions.
Once the displacement derivatives uj,k are known, stresses rij and strains eij can be computed using the
basic continuum mechanics relationships:
ei,j 12ui,j uj,i ,
rij 2leij
2lm
ekk dij :
1 2m
17
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5.2. Boundary points
Displacement partial derivatives ui,m at boundary nodes could be obtained from Eq. (14), in a similar
way to their internal counterparts, by taking the limit of Eq. (14) as point X 0 moves to the boundary,
i.e. X 0 ! x 0 . However, this procedure is computationally expensive because of the occurrence of hypersingular integrands. To avoid this diculty, stresses and strains, as well as the displacements on the model
surface are evaluated in this work from the boundary displacements and tractions. Consider with this purpose a local Cartesian system, x01 , x02 , x03 , such that x03 is the unit vector in the normal direction to the boundary element. If u0j , e0ij , r0ij and t0j are the displacements, strains, stresses and tractions in the local system,
stress components in the normal direction can be written as
r0i3 t0i :
19
The remaining stress tensor components, r011 , r012 and r022 can be expressed in terms of t03 and the tangential
strain tensor components e011 , e022 and e012 by eliminating e033 from the general expression of Hookes law.
Thus,
1 0
mt3 2l e011 me022 ,
1m
1 0
0
mt3 2l e022 me011 ,
r22
1m
r012 2le012 :
r011
Strain components e0ij can be found using Eq. (17), now applied in the local coordinate system.
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It is worth nothing that displacement derivatives in Eq. (17) are initially evaluated in the intrinsic element directions (n1, n2) and then converted to the local coordinate system x0, since as usual in BEM, boundary displacements are given in terms of the piecewise parametric representation (shape functions) of
intrinsic coordinates.
Finally, the nine components of the partial displacement derivatives uj,m are computed. Using chain differentiation, derivatives of the displacements in the global system uj,m, are related to the derivatives of the
displacements with respect to the intrinsic boundary element directions oui/onj as follows
oui oui oxk
,
onj oxk onj
21
where oxk/onj is the Jacobian matrix of the transformation.
As it can be seen, Eq. (21), once expanded, yields a set of six equations with the nine derivatives ui,k as
unknowns. Three of these unknowns u1,1, u2,2, u3,3, can be directly calculated from the strain tensor components e11, e22 and e33, respectively by using Eq. (17). This leaves the system with six unknowns, which can
be further reduced to three if the values of e12, e13 and e23 are substituted in Eq. (17) and then replaced in the
system of equations. Finally, the three remaining unknowns are calculated using a set of three equations
taken from the system generated by Eq. (21). It is worth noting that, since one or more of the derivatives
ouk/onj can become simultaneously zero depending on the element orientation and shape, the selection of
the three equations cannot be arbitrary, being necessary to make special selection in each case.
6. Boundary element implementation
6.1. Interaction integral evaluation
The computation of the M1-integral was included in the DBEM code as a post-processing procedure,
and so it could be applied to the results from a particular model at a later stage. As it has been stated
in Section 3, Eq. (11) allows computation of the mixed-mode stress intensity factors at any position g
on the crack front. In each case, this requires the evaluation of a volume integral within closed domains
that enclose a segment of the crack front Lc. A natural choice here is to make g coincident with the element
nodes on the crack front, while Lc is taken as the element or element sides at which points g lies (see Fig. 3).
Fig. 3. Schematic of the volume cells in the crack front region illustrating the virtual crack extensions for a corner node, a mid-node
and a surface node.
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The portion of the model domain in which the volume integrals are evaluated is discretized using 27-noded
isoparametric (brick) cells, over which stresses, strains and displacements derivatives are approximated by
products of the cell interpolation functions Ui and the nodal values of rij, eij and ui,j. Nodal values of these
variables are computed following the procedures introduced in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 depending on whether
the node is internal or lies on the model boundary. Volume discretization is designed to have a web-style
geometry around the crack front, while the integration volumes are taken to coincide with the dierent
rings of cells. This is illustrated in Fig. 4, where one of the model faces has been removed to show the crack
and the integration domains.
As depicted in Fig. 3, three dierent cases need to be considered, depending on whether the node of
interest M is in the middle of an element side (mid-node), it is shared by two elements (corner node), or it
is located coincident with the external surface (surface node). If the node M is a mid-node or surface
node, Lc (the segment of the crack front over which the M1-integral is computed) spans over one
element, connecting nodes M 1, M, and M + 1 and nodes M 2, M 1 and M, respectively. On
the other hand, if M is a corner node, Lc spans over two elements, connecting nodes from M 2 to
M + 2.
Function q is specied at all nodes within the integration volumes. Consistent with the isoparametric formulation, these q-values are given by
q
27
X
/i Qi ,
22
i1
where Ui are the shape functions dened within each volume cell and Qi are the nodal values for the ith
node. From the denition of q (see Eq. (3)), Qi = 0 if the ith node is on S0, while for nodes inside V, Qi
are given by interpolating between the nodal values on Lc and S0. Dierent criteria for specifying Qi are
discussed in next section.
Following standard manipulations
q,j
27 X
3
X
o/i ofk i
Q,
ofk oxj
i1 k1
where fk are the coordinates in the cell isoparametric space.
Fig. 4. Boundary element discretization and integration cells.
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If Gaussian integration is used, the discretized form of Eq. (10) is given by
m
X X
oxj
1 2
2 1
1 2
M1
rij uj,k rij uj,k rij eij dki qk,i det
wp ,
on
k
p
cells in V p1
24
where m is the number of Gaussian points per cell, and wp are the weighting factors.
6.2. The q-function
The auxiliary function q was introduced in Section 2 in order to model the virtual crack front advance.
Since the virtual crack advance can adopt any arbitrary shape, the only requirement for function q is to be
suciently smooth within the integration volume V as the evaluation of the EDI requires of its
dierentiation.
Shih et al. [22] have shown that for the EDI the computed value of J is insensitive to the assumed shape
of the q function. However, it has been found in this work that the shape of the function q is relevant for the
performance of M1-integral computations. In this sense two dierent approaches for the shape of function q
are investigated.
6.2.1. Bi-quadratic q
This denition of q has been employed with excellent results in the computation of EDI in a previous
work by one of the authors [12]. Within this approach q is dened to vary quadratically in the directions
tangential and normal to the crack front. Considering that the evaluation point g is at the middle of the
crack front segment Lc, and r0 is the radius of the integration domain, the function q is written as:
"
2 #
2
r
x
3
qx 1
,
25
1
r0
Lc =2
where r is the distance from the crack front in the x1 x2 plane as depicted in Fig. 1.
6.2.2. Optimised q
In a recent paper Saliva et al. [9] proposed an optimum shape for the function q which under certain
considerations ensures the convergence of the EDI computations. The proposed function is
qx
W p kx kb
,
N
P
b
b
np
p
W kx k W j kx zi k
26
i1
np
where w , w , and b are parameters to be chosen, and zi, are the positions of the N points with null prescribed values of q. These are given in this work by the N cell-nodes located on So, the outer surface of the
integration volume V.
Using parameters wp, wnp, and b, it is possible to control which parts of the domain signicantly contribute to the integral (see Eqs. (4) and (10)). In particular b is associated with the smoothness of q. Greater values induce approximately null gradients around the crack front, where non-null values of q are prescribed. In
contrast, the eld undergoes abrupt changes outside these regions. With wp and wnp, the region with non-null
gradients can be translated near the crack front or near the boundary of the integration volume where null
values of q are prescribed. Fig. 5 illustrates the inuence of the parameters as function of r/r0.
Finally, it is worth to mention that although Saliva et al. [9] propose specifying the value of q independently of any mesh, in this work the q-values are interpolated using the internal cell shape functions as it has
been presented in Section 6.1.
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Fig. 5. Inuence of parameters wp, wnp, and b on the shape of function q (one dimensional case).
7. Examples
7.1. Thick centre-cracked and double-edge-notched specimens
In order to start with the validation of the proposed formulation two examples under pure Mode-I solicitation are chosen as rst examples. They are a thick centre-cracked panel (CCP) and a double-edgenotched specimen (DENS) subjected to a uniaxial remote tension r. Both examples are analysed using
the same base geometry, to which appropriate boundary conditions are applied in each case as illustrated
in Fig. 6. Also depicted in Fig. 6 are the model dimensions that were chosen to coincide with those used by
Fig. 6. Geometry and dimensions of CCP and DENS.
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Raju and Newman [23] for the sake comparison. Material properties are Youngs modulus E = 1000 N/
mm2 and Poisson ratio m = 0.33.
Model discretization is depicted in Fig. 4. It consists of 193 elements and 1040 nodes. Six elements are
placed along the crack front, and a total of 35 elements are used in the crack discretization. Crack front
element dimensions are graded towards the free surface, being the smallest equal to t/32. Four rings of cells
with radii r/a equal to 0.2, 0.35, 0.5 and 0.75 are accommodated around the crack front for K computations.
With this purpose 216 cells and 2262 modes are employed.
KI-values were computed using the two approaches introduced in Section 6 for the specication of q.
Normalized results obtained for the CCP using the bi-quadratic function q are given in Table 1, while results obtained using the optimised q are presented in Table 2. Following Saliva et al. [9] parameter values
for the optimised q are chosen as wp = 6, wnp = 1, and b = 6. Both sets of results are plotted in Fig. 7, together with the reference values from Ref. [23]. Error bars indicate the 5% accuracy of the reference values.
Excellent agreement is found between the reported and computed results using both approaches for q,
except for the point coincident with the free surface, z/t = 0.5, where the optimised q performs markedly
better. It can also be observed from Table 1 that the KI-values computed at the free surface present a strong
dependence with the integration volume. If in any way an average value is computed using these results, the
resulting value presents almost 40% error with respect to the reference. On the other hand, the KI-value
obtained using the optimised q is almost independent of the integration volume, and it has only a 3% deviation with respect to the reference. Finally, it is worth to mention that with the only exception of the KIvalue obtained using the bi-quadratic q for the point located on the free surface, all the other results present
a deviation less than 3% with respect to reference. Note that this deviation is always smaller than the 5%
accuracy reported for the reference.
Results for the DENS are plotted Fig. 8, together with the reference values from Ref. [23]. Results show the
same behaviour than for the CCP. For interior points results obtained using the bi-quadratic and the optimised q are very accurate, while only the optimised q allows obtaining an accurate result at the free surface.
7.2. Thick panel with a centre slant crack
This second example includes a crack under mixed load conditions. It consists in a thick panel with a
centre slant crack rotated h = 30 with respect to the horizontal, and subjected to a uniaxial remote tenTable 1
p
Normalized K I =r pa results for the CCP specimen using the bi-quadratic q
p
z/t
K I =r pa
r/a
0.0000
0.0625
0.1250
0.1875
0.2500
0.3125
0.3750
0.4063
0.4375
0.4531
0.4688
0.4844
0.5000
0.20
0.35
0.50
0.75
1.2012
1.1970
1.2027
1.2055
1.2194
1.2316
1.2387
1.2435
1.2508
1.2549
1.2401
1.2142
0.9489
1.2063
1.2038
1.2098
1.2133
1.2270
1.2410
1.2467
1.2489
1.2575
1.2615
1.2467
1.2199
0.7725
1.2090
1.2079
1.2134
1.2178
1.2307
1.2458
1.2503
1.2507
1.2597
1.2636
1.2485
1.2206
0.6115
1.2104
1.2106
1.2157
1.2209
1.2331
1.2489
1.2528
1.2519
1.2613
1.2659
1.2499
1.2198
0.3767
Average
Ref. [23]
Di. %
1.2067
1.2048
1.2104
1.2144
1.2276
1.2418
1.2471
1.2487
1.2573
1.2615
1.2463
1.2186
0.6774
1.197
1.201
1.206
1.211
1.214
1.223
1.232
1.237
1.244
1.245
1.235
1.198
1.102
0.81
0.32
0.36
0.28
1.12
1.54
1.23
0.96
1.07
1.33
0.91
1.72
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p
Normalized K I =r pa results for the CCP specimen using the optimised q
p
z/t
K I =r pa
r/a
0.0000
0.0625
0.1250
0.1875
0.2500
0.3125
0.3750
0.4063
0.4375
0.4531
0.4688
0.4844
0.5000
0.20
0.35
0.50
0.75
1.2121
1.2092
1.1993
1.2117
1.2188
1.2372
1.2424
1.2199
1.2400
1.2296
1.2096
1.1768
1.0785
1.2047
1.2049
1.2085
1.2119
1.2237
1.2385
1.2518
1.2206
1.2456
1.2296
1.2103
1.1768
1.0667
1.2075
1.2051
1.2090
1.2121
1.2241
1.2387
1.2522
1.2206
1.2457
1.2296
1.2102
1.1768
1.0660
1.2094
1.2051
1.2089
1.2121
1.2238
1.2387
1.2523
1.2206
1.2457
1.2296
1.2102
1.1768
1.0659
Average
Ref. [23]
Di. %
1.2084
1.2061
1.2064
1.2120
1.2226
1.2383
1.2497
1.2204
1.2443
1.2296
1.2101
1.1768
1.0693
1.197
1.201
1.206
1.211
1.214
1.223
1.232
1.237
1.244
1.245
1.235
1.198
1.102
0.95
0.42
0.03
0.08
0.99
1.25
1.44
1.34
0.02
1.24
2.01
1.77
2.97
p
Fig. 7. Variation of K I =r pa along the crack front for the CCP specimen.
sion r. Model dimensions are given in Fig. 9 together with a view of the deformed mesh. The discretization strategy and material properties are the same than for the CCP. For this example 2193 nodes and
407 elements are employed for the domain discretization, while 3198 nodes and 312 cells are used to
dene the integration domains. Six rings of cells are placed around the crack front for the K
computations.
Computed results for KI are plotted in Fig. 10 and reported in Tables 3 and 4 using the biquadratic
and optimised q respectively. The error bar in Fig. 10 indicates the dispersion of the computed results
for the point coincident with the free surface when the bi-quadratic function q is used. Following
the same format, results for KII are presented in Fig. 11 and reported in Tables 5 and 6. Since results
for comparison along the complete crack front are not available for this example, the only value
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Fig. 8. Variation of K I =r pa along the crack front for the DENS specimen.
Fig. 9. (a) Schematic with the geometry and dimensions of the thick panel with a center slant crack. (b) Boundary element mesh
(deformed).
included as a reference is the plain strain solution due to Kitagawa and Yukki [24] at the specimen
mid-plane.
It can be observed that the results show the same behaviour as for the previous example: values obtained using both approaches for the function q are almost coincident along the complete crack front,
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p
Fig. 10. Variation of K I =r pa along the crack front for the slant crack.
Table 3
p
Normalized K I =r pa results for the slant crack using the bi-quadratic q
p
z/t
K I =r pa
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
Average
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.9268
0.9279
0.9314
0.9327
0.9375
0.9413
0.9451
0.9479
0.9487
0.9466
0.9358
0.9172
0.8133
0.9333
0.9341
0.9374
0.9388
0.9436
0.9480
0.9511
0.9534
0.9541
0.9512
0.9408
0.9221
0.7575
0.9362
0.9371
0.9399
0.9416
0.9461
0.9510
0.9533
0.9555
0.9561
0.9526
0.9424
0.9236
0.6960
0.9376
0.9386
0.9411
0.9431
0.9473
0.9525
0.9543
0.9563
0.9570
0.9532
0.9430
0.9240
0.6264
0.9383
0.9394
0.9417
0.9438
0.9479
0.9533
0.9548
0.9567
0.9575
0.9536
0.9432
0.9237
0.5369
0.9379
0.9396
0.9421
0.9442
0.9482
0.9536
0.9551
0.9569
0.9579
0.9540
0.9432
0.9228
0.4220
0.9350
0.9361
0.9389
0.9407
0.9451
0.9499
0.9523
0.9545
0.9552
0.9519
0.9414
0.9222
0.6420
except at the free surface where the optimised q performs markedly better. Once again K values computed using the bi-quadratic q present a strong dependence with the integration path on the free surface,
while the optimised q does not. For the position coincident with the specimen mid-plane, obtained results
are in both cases in excellent agreement with the reference value. On the other hand, tabulated results
show that K values calculated over the smallest integration domains (r/a = 0.1) are more accurate (in
what refers to path independence) for the bi-quadratic q. An explanation for this behaviour is that
the reduced number of cells in the radial direction of the integration domain (two for the case r/
a = 0.1), are not able to approximate the optimised function q with the required accuracy. Note that
the biquadratic q varies more smoothly than the optimised q (see Fig. 5), and so, it can be accurately
approximated using fewer cells. As it is indicated in Tables 4 and 6, results for r/a = 0.1 are excluded
of the analysis.
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Table 4
p
Normalized K I =r pa results for the slant crack using the optimised q
p
z/t
K I =r pa
Averagea
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
a
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.8977
0.9312
0.9425
0.9339
0.9490
0.9424
0.9485
0.9494
0.9446
0.9215
0.9132
0.8953
0.8423
0.9298
0.9372
0.9316
0.9405
0.9364
0.9493
0.9459
0.9564
0.9580
0.9225
0.9237
0.8962
0.8298
0.9361
0.9373
0.9366
0.9406
0.9414
0.9494
0.9517
0.9565
0.9582
0.9225
0.9238
0.8962
0.8246
0.9372
0.9373
0.9370
0.9406
0.9418
0.9494
0.9522
0.9565
0.9583
0.9225
0.9238
0.8962
0.8236
0.9375
0.9373
0.9371
0.9406
0.9419
0.9494
0.9522
0.9565
0.9583
0.9225
0.9238
0.8962
0.8237
0.9375
0.9373
0.9371
0.9406
0.9419
0.9494
0.9522
0.9565
0.9583
0.9226
0.9238
0.8962
0.8241
0.9356
0.9373
0.9359
0.9406
0.9407
0.9494
0.9509
0.9565
0.9582
0.9225
0.9238
0.8962
0.8252
Average results do not include results obtained for r/a = 0.1.
p
Fig. 11. Variation of K II =r pa along the crack front for the slant crack.
7.3. Thick panel with a central circular arc crack
The last example consists of a thick panel with a central circular arc crack subjected to a uniaxial remote
tension r. Model dimensions are given in Fig. 12, where a view of the deformed mesh is also included. Model
boundary discretization is constructed using 425 elements and 2263 nodes, while 312 cells and 3198 nodes are
employed to dene the integration domains. The discretization strategy and material properties are chosen
the same to the previous examples.
Computed results for KI are plotted in Fig. 13 and reported in Tables 7 and 8 using both
approaches for the specication of the function q. The error bar in Fig. 13 indicates the dispersion
of the computed results for the point coincident with the free surface when the biquadratic function
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p
Normalized K II =r pa results for the slant crack using the bi-quadratic q
p
z/t
K II =r pa
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
Average
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.4720
0.4723
0.4711
0.4705
0.4686
0.4679
0.4638
0.4603
0.4586
0.4554
0.4636
0.4824
0.5791
0.4742
0.4732
0.4725
0.4710
0.4700
0.4686
0.4650
0.4609
0.4595
0.4562
0.4643
0.4842
0.6172
0.4755
0.4745
0.4738
0.4724
0.4713
0.4700
0.4661
0.4618
0.4602
0.4566
0.4649
0.4859
0.6467
0.4764
0.4756
0.4748
0.4735
0.4723
0.4711
0.4668
0.4624
0.4606
0.4567
0.4656
0.4884
0.6694
0.4771
0.4764
0.4754
0.4742
0.4728
0.4718
0.4672
0.4627
0.4606
0.4566
0.4667
0.4928
0.6827
0.4785
0.4773
0.4758
0.4744
0.4730
0.4720
0.4672
0.4626
0.4605
0.4565
0.4693
0.5023
0.6684
0.4756
0.4749
0.4739
0.4727
0.4713
0.4702
0.4660
0.4618
0.4600
0.4563
0.4657
0.4893
0.6439
Table 6
p
Normalized K II =r pa results for the slant crack using the optimised q
p
z/t
K II =r pa
Averagea
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
a
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.4643
0.4872
0.4848
0.4869
0.4803
0.4842
0.4708
0.4798
0.4722
0.4925
0.4416
0.5215
0.5626
0.4766
0.4808
0.4689
0.4796
0.4663
0.4770
0.4616
0.4737
0.4641
0.4923
0.4418
0.5213
0.5703
0.4766
0.4808
0.4711
0.4796
0.4679
0.4770
0.4617
0.4737
0.4635
0.4923
0.4416
0.5213
0.5737
0.4768
0.4808
0.4711
0.4796
0.4679
0.4770
0.4617
0.4737
0.4635
0.4923
0.4416
0.5213
0.5748
0.4770
0.4808
0.4712
0.4796
0.4680
0.4770
0.4618
0.4737
0.4635
0.4923
0.4416
0.5213
0.5752
0.4771
0.4808
0.4712
0.4796
0.4680
0.4770
0.4618
0.4737
0.4635
0.4923
0.4416
0.5214
0.5754
0.4768
0.4808
0.4707
0.4796
0.4676
0.4770
0.4617
0.4737
0.4636
0.4923
0.4417
0.5213
0.5739
Average results do not include results obtained for r/a = 0.1.
q is used. Following the same format, results for KII are presented in Fig. 14 and reported in Tables 9
and 10. The reference values included in the gures for the position coincident with specimen midplane were computed using a high-resolution two-dimensional DBEM models under plain strain
conditions.
As it happened with the previous examples results show that the optimised q performs markedly better
for the point coincident with the free surface, allowing to obtain reliable K values. Once again K values calculated using the smallest integration domains (r/a = 0.1) are more accurate (in what refers to path independence) when computed using the bi-quadratic q.
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Fig. 12. (a) Schematic with the geometry and dimensions of the thick panel with the circular are crack. (b) Boundary element mesh
(deformed).
p
Fig. 13. Variation of K I =r pa along the crack front for the circular are crack.
It can be also observed from Figs. 13 and 14 that results computed using the bi-quadratic q show a
smooth variation along the crack front, while those computed using the optimised q display a rather noisy
behaviour of around 3% the reference value. Note that results computed at corner and surface nodes (i.e.
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p
Normalized K I =r pR sin a results for the circular arc crack using the bi-quadratic q
p
z/t
K I =r pR sin a
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
Average
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.6691
0.6687
0.6704
0.6715
0.6746
0.6772
0.6787
0.6791
0.6772
0.6716
0.6593
0.6419
0.5627
0.6727
0.6733
0.6754
0.6766
0.6797
0.6827
0.6837
0.6839
0.6819
0.6758
0.6636
0.6455
0.5180
0.6748
0.6757
0.6778
0.6792
0.6821
0.6853
0.6859
0.6860
0.6840
0.6774
0.6653
0.6468
0.4681
0.6768
0.6781
0.6801
0.6817
0.6845
0.6879
0.6882
0.6881
0.6861
0.6792
0.6666
0.6472
0.4078
0.6767
0.6781
0.6802
0.6820
0.6848
0.6882
0.6884
0.6882
0.6861
0.6788
0.6654
0.6449
0.3204
0.6679
0.6697
0.6722
0.6742
0.6771
0.6807
0.6810
0.6808
0.6785
0.6704
0.6561
0.6355
0.1804
0.6730
0.6739
0.6760
0.6775
0.6805
0.6837
0.6843
0.6844
0.6823
0.6756
0.6627
0.6436
0.4096
Table 8
p
Normalized K I =r pR sin a results for the circular are crack using the optimised q
p
z/t
K I =r pR sin a
Averagea
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
a
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.6409
0.6707
0.6726
0.6711
0.6784
0.6768
0.6828
0.6798
0.6610
0.6383
0.6346
0.6085
0.5806
0.6587
0.6776
0.6662
0.6789
0.6700
0.6846
0.6719
0.6877
0.6835
0.6391
0.6464
0.6092
0.5732
0.6752
0.6777
0.6717
0.6790
0.6750
0.6848
0.6760
0.6878
0.6842
0.6391
0.6464
0.6092
0.5690
0.6771
0.6778
0.6724
0.6790
0.6757
0.6848
0.6766
0.6878
0.6843
0.6391
0.6464
0.6092
0.5677
0.6766
0.6777
0.6724
0.6790
0.6757
0.6848
0.6766
0.6878
0.6843
0.6391
0.6464
0.6092
0.5673
0.6738
0.6775
0.6721
0.6786
0.6753
0.6842
0.6760
0.6871
0.6835
0.6381
0.6454
0.6081
0.5659
0.6723
0.6777
0.6710
0.6789
0.6743
0.6846
0.6755
0.6877
0.6839
0.6389
0.6462
0.6090
0.5686
Average results do not include results obtained for r/a = 0.1.
those reported at odd positions in the gures) are almost coincident for the bi-quadratic and the optimised
q, while results for mid-side nodes (even positions in the gure) obtained using the optimised q deviate from
the general trend. Once again it is argued that the cause of this behaviour is related to a lack of accuracy in
the approximation of the optimised q, which exhibits a stronger variation than the bi-quadratic q. Note that
in the case of mid-side nodes, the integration volumes V are one-element thick, and so the variation of q in
the direction of x3 is just approximated within one cell (see Fig. 3). On the other hand for the case of corner
nodes, the integration volumes V are two-element thick and so a better approximation of q in the direction
of x3 is achieved.
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Fig. 14. Variation K II =r pa along the crack front for the circular arc crack.
Table 9
p
Normalized K II =r pR sin a results for the circular are crack using the bi-quadratic q
p
z/t
K II =r pR sin a
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
Average
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.7483
0.7481
0.7477
0.7485
0.7491
0.7517
0.7504
0.7505
0.7514
0.7515
0.7669
0.7984
0.9587
0.7466
0.7466
0.7477
0.7476
0.7492
0.7509
0.7502
0.7495
0.7507
0.7508
0.7656
0.7971
1.0187
0.7477
0.7481
0.7493
0.7491
0.7507
0.7524
0.7513
0.7503
0.7513
0.7510
0.7658
0.7981
1.0694
0.7372
0.7376
0.7383
0.7382
0.7394
0.7410
0.7394
0.7383
0.7392
0.7392
0.7551
0.7897
1.1074
0.7412
0.7413
0.7415
0.7412
0.7421
0.7437
0.7417
0.7404
0.7414
0.7418
0.7595
0.7975
1.1652
0.7575
0.7568
0.7561
0.7554
0.7560
0.7573
0.7549
0.7533
0.7544
0.7549
0.7751
0.8197
1.2408
0.7464
0.7464
0.7468
0.7467
0.7478
0.7495
0.7480
0.7470
0.7481
0.7482
0.7647
0.8001
1.0934
8. Conclusions
A three-dimensional BEM domain formulation of the M1-integral methodology for the numerical computation of mixed-mode stress intensity factors has been presented in this paper. The proposed formulation
has been implemented as a post-processing technique, and so it can be applied to the results from a particular model at a later stage. The implementation takes advantage of the eciency of the boundary integral
equation to directly obtain the required displacement derivatives, stress and strain elds.
Special emphasis has been put in the appropriate selection of the auxiliary function q present in the domain integral formulation. In this sense two approaches have been considered: a bi-quadratic variation, and
an optimised approach recently proposed in the paper by Saliva et al. [9]. A number of examples demonstrate the eciency and accuracy of the proposed formulation.
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Table 10
p
Normalized K II =r pR sin a results for the circular arc crack using the optimised q
p
z/t
K II =r pR sin a
Averagea
r/a
0.0000
0.0521
0.1042
0.1563
0.2083
0.2604
0.3125
0.3594
0.4063
0.4297
0.4531
0.4766
0.5000
a
0.10
0.17
0.25
0.35
0.50
0.75
0.7244
0.7740
0.7615
0.7745
0.7619
0.7778
0.7588
0.7878
0.7634
0.8036
0.7316
0.8500
0.9286
0.7381
0.7685
0.7419
0.7684
0.7432
0.7717
0.7452
0.7827
0.7659
0.8034
0.7438
0.8499
0.9428
0.7482
0.7685
0.7441
0.7684
0.7454
0.7716
0.7460
0.7826
0.7650
0.8034
0.7433
0.8499
0.9489
0.7379
0.7684
0.7436
0.7683
0.7449
0.7716
0.7456
0.7826
0.7650
0.8033
0.7433
0.8498
0.9514
0.7418
0.7685
0.7436
0.7684
0.7449
0.7717
0.7456
0.7827
0.7650
0.8035
0.7434
0.8501
0.9528
0.7454
0.7687
0.7436
0.7685
0.7450
0.7718
0.7456
0.7828
0.7651
0.8036
0.7436
0.8503
0.9536
0.7423
0.7685
0.7433
0.7684
0.7447
0.7717
0.7456
0.7827
0.7652
0.8034
0.7435
0.8500
0.9499
Average results do not include results obtained for r/a = 0.1.
It has been found that the function q constitutes a key feature for the performance of the proposed methodology. Obtained results show that the optimised q performs markedly better for the point located at the
intersection of the crack front with the free surface, allowing obtaining reliable K results where the biquadratic q fails. On the other hand, for crack front positions located in the interior of the specimen both
approaches allow computing accurate K results, however the bi-quadratic q presents a more robust behaviour. It is observed that, in general, the bi-quadratic q performs better for the integration volumes dened
closer to the crack front, and it is also not aected by the number of cells used to dene the integration
volume in the direction tangent to the crack front.
Acknowledgements
This work was nanced by grant PICT 12-12528 of Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientca de la
Republica Argentina.
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