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NURBS distance fields for extremely curved cracks

Rubén Sevilla Orcid Logo, Ettore Barbieri

Computational Mechanics, Volume: 54, Issue: 6, Pages: 1431 - 1446

Swansea University Author: Rubén Sevilla Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s00466-014-1067-4

Abstract

This paper presents the first methodology that combines a meshless method and the exact representation of cracks using Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS). The methodology consists on developing an enrichment function based on distance functions to NURBS curves.The examples show the potential of...

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Published in: Computational Mechanics
Published: 2014
Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00466-014-1067-4
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21139
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Abstract: This paper presents the first methodology that combines a meshless method and the exact representation of cracks using Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS). The methodology consists on developing an enrichment function based on distance functions to NURBS curves.The examples show the potential of the proposed approach and demonstrate the applicability to problems involving complex cracks that appear in sol-gel films.
Keywords: Cracks, NURBS, Enrichments, Distance fields, Patterns
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 6
Start Page: 1431
End Page: 1446