The development and the application of the scaled boundary finite element method for
fracture analysis is reviewed. In this method, polygonal elements (referred to as …

During the latest 20 years, the extended finite element method (XFEM) has been gradually
used to investigate the crack growth behaviors of different materials in combination with …

In this paper, we introduce an implementation of the extended finite element method for
fracture problems within the finite element software ABAQUSTM. User subroutine (UEL) in …

In the present work, the fatigue life of homogeneous plate containing multiple discontinuities
(holes, minor cracks and inclusions) is evaluated by extended finite element method (XFEM) …

This work presents the numerical simulation and validation of a fatigue propagation test of a
semi-elliptical crack located at the side of the rectangular section of a beam subjected to four …

A fretting fatigue failure scenario can be explained by accumulation of damage, which leads
to formation of initial macro-cracks at the contact interface and propagation of macro-cracks …

Fretting occurs at two contact bodies, which sustain oscillation loading. The fretting
phenomenon decreases the fatigue lifetime dramatically. Shot peening is a commonly used …

This paper proposes an extended finite element method (XFEM) modelling approach
coupled with cyclic damage mechanics criteria to simulate the fatigue crack growth (FCG) …

The traditional finite element method (FEM) often requires a large number of refined meshes
to analyze the mechanical behavior of geometric discontinuities, its computational efficiency …

In the present paper, a mesh independent computational algorithm is developed and
incorporated into a commercial finite element software (Abaqus) for automated fatigue crack …