iMechanica - Determination of domain A for interaction integral - Comments

Many thanks for your kind answere,

Awais Ahmed — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:35:19 -0400

Awais Ahmed
Rose School
Pavia,Italy

Hi Awais, Usually, domain

vinh phu nguyen — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:33:57 -0400

Hi Awais,

Usually, domain A is a set of elements within a circle centerd at the crack tip and have radius of 3 * area of the element containing the tip. As you know, the interaction integral is independent, so just use quite large factor (3-5) is ok.

Hope it helped.

Determination of domain A for interaction integral

Awais Ahmed — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:48:34 -0400

Can anybody tell me in determining the SIF using domain form, How can I determine the domain A and what are the factors which determines the radius rd about crack tip for the determination of domain A.