Extended Finite Element Method

Index

Note: Page Numbers followed by f indicate figures; t, tables; b, boxes.

A

Absolute value function, 58–60, 60f, 101, 170

Adaptive mesh, 2

Additional degree of freedom, 7, 9, 172–173, 226–227

Angular distribution function, 146

Attenuation coefficient, 181–185, 187

B

Belytschko–Lin–Tsay shell element, 10–11, 115–116, 116f

Bimaterial, 9, 11–12, 79, 83–84, 143–144, 149–151, 150f, 153–155, 159–160, 162–166

Blending element, 8, 58–60, 71, 172, 197

Boundary element method, 2–3, 5–7

C

Coarse grain method, 223–224

Cohesive crack, 9

Complex moduli, 181, 184

Consistency, 61, 63, 79–80, 86–87, 109, 144–145, 170, 198

Consistent mass matrix, 72

Constitutive law, 10–11, 118

Continuum-based (CB) shell, 11–12, 104, 115–120, 117f, 123, 125, 128–129, 136, 140–142

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