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The dual boundary element method is applied for the two-dimensional linear elastic analysis of fatigue problem of multiple-cracked body. The traction integral equation is applied on ones of surfaces of cracks while the usual displacement integral equation simultaneously on the others. General multiple crack growth problem is solved in a single-region formulation. All crack surfaces are discretized with discontinuous quadratic boundary elements. J-integral technique is used to evaluate stress intensity factors. The real extension path of cracks is simulated by a linear incremental crack extension, based on the maximum principal stress criterion. For each increment analysis of the cracks, crack extension is conveniently modelled with new boundary elements. Remeshing is no longer necessary. Fatigue life analysis is carried out with Paris' formulae. Several numerical examples show high efficiency of present method.
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Communicated by S. N. Atluri, 24 April 1995
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Yan, A.M., Nguyen-Dang, H. Multiple-cracked fatigue crack growth by BEM. Computational Mechanics 16, 273–280 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350716
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