Research Article
Explicit Dynamic Finite Element Method for Failure with Smooth Fracture Energy Dissipations
Table 1
Flowchart for numerical computation procedures.
| Steps | Numerical computation procedures |
| 1 | Apply initial conditions including initial boundary conditions and prestress | 2 | Compute initial forces: | 3 | Compute acceleration: | 4 | Time update: | 5 | First partial update for nodal velocities: | 6 | Apply velocity boundary conditions at | 7 | Update nodal displacements: | 8 | Compute strain and stress | 9 | Check fracture criterion and insert phantom nodes | 10 | Compute forces at time: | 11 | Compute acceleration: | 12 | Second partial update for nodal velocities: | 13 | Update counter n | 14 | Output: if simulation is not completed, go to Step 4 |
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