Research Article

A Phantom-Node Method with Edge-Based Strain Smoothing for Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics

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(a) Deformed shape of the double cantilever beam (structured mesh) and (b) crack path simulated by ES-Phantom node method (structured mesh) after ten-step growing in which the filled circles are the new crack tip after each step.
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