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PhD position at RMIT, University

Submitted by hillssurrey on

One Ph.D. student position is available at the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials  RMIT, University. The research topic is about computational mechnaics and structural topology optimisation. It is expected to enroll in the end of this Auguest. More details please contact with e89817 [at] rmit.edu.au

XFEM Stress Intensity Factor

Submitted by M Abdullah on
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Hi All

I am trying to obtain SIF value for a stationary crack using XFEM in Abaqus.

I am using the 5th contour value and plotting against distance from crack front using excel.
The values are from History Output.

 I am getting a very funny graph that is going up and down.