Engineering Transactions, 64, 4, pp. 517–524, 2016
10.24423/engtrans.734.2016

Nonlocal Approach to CAFE Solution of Creep Crack Growth Problem

Krzysztof NOWAK
Cracow University of Technology
Poland

Solving a creep crack growth problem using the CAFE methodology encounters the problems typical of other local methods. This article presents a nonlocal grid method applied in order to regularize these problems. The subject of the analysis is a rectangular plate with a central hole and an internal crack. The results obtained for different mesh sizes have subsequently been compared.
Keywords: nonlocal method; grid method; CAFE; creep damage
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DOI: 10.24423/engtrans.734.2016