Automating XFEM Modeling Process for Optimal Failure Predictions

Table 8

Computational effort comparison (L-shape): conventional XFEM versus proposed approach.

Item of Comparison	Conventional XFEM	Proposed Algorithm
Number of elements	1700	1700
Number of Nodes	1798	1798
Number of Enriched nodes	1798	840
Total number of unknowns	9022	4232
Increments to solve	19	11
Iterations	43	17
Runtime (sec)	6.3	2.7