Automating XFEM Modeling Process for Optimal Failure Predictions

Table 5

Computational effort comparison: conventional XFEM versus proposed approach.

Item of Comparison	Conventional XFEM	Proposed Algorithm
Number of elements	1860	1860
Number of Nodes	2268	2268
Number of Enriched nodes	2268	1066
Total number of unknowns	7696	5200
Increments to solve	14	6
Iterations	46	13
Runtime (sec)	14.8	9.1