Abstract
Fatigue crack growth under mixed mode loading conditions is simulated using S-FEM. By using S-FEM technique, only local mesh should be re-meshed and it becomes easy to simulate crack growth. By combining with re-meshing technique, local mesh is re-meshed automatically, and curved crack path is modeled easily. Crack growth simulations are conducted assuming mixed mode condition in several cases. It is verified that this method is useful for the simulation of complicated crack growth problem.
