1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bechar, Algeria.
2Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tlemcen, Algeria.
*E-mail: abdelaziz970@yahoo.fr
On the basis of fracture mechanics, a numerical study has been considered in order to model the singularity near the crack-tip. The aim of this work is to estimate numerically the values of stress intensity factors using different techniques (classical finite element, enriched finite element, and deformed finite element) for different specimens (Central Notched and Single Edge Notched). The results obtained are compared to reference solutions and show excellent agreement.
Singularity, crack, finite element, stress intensity factors, correction factors
