Stable node-based smoothed extended finite element method for fracture analysis of structures

Based on low-order elements, a stable node-based smoothed extended finite element method (SNS-XFEM) is proposed for fracture analysis of structures in this study. For the proposed method, the problem domain is discretized using low-order elements, which can be easily generated for structures with complex shapes. The node-based smoothing domains are then generated to perform the strain smoothing technique, which can effectively avoid singular...