Table 4 Displacements of the nodes astride the crack for the simulation with subdivisions in different meshes.

From: Improvements for the solution of crack evolution using extended finite element method

 

b/t nodes

\(u_\textrm{1b}\)(cm)

\(u_\textrm{1t}\)(cm)

\(\epsilon _1\)

\(u_\textrm{2b}\)(cm)

\(u_\textrm{2t}\)(cm)

\(\epsilon _2\)

\(\textsf{25} \times \textsf{50}\)

625/651

0

0

0

−1.299808695

1.299808695

<0.01%

626/652

−0.20842867

−0.20842867

<0.01%

−0.705972281

0.705972281

<0.01%

627/653

−0.280216819

−0.280216819

<0.01%

0.011466637

0.011466637

<0.01%

\(\textsf{50} \times \textsf{100}\)

2500/2551

0

0

0

−1.026552948

1.026552917

<0.01%

2501/2552

−0.086543716

−0.086543651

<0.01%

−0.964138038

0.964137989

<0.01%

2502/2553

−0.148051385

−0.148051191

<0.01%

−0.838659958

0.838659949

<0.01%

2503/2554

−0.193526767

−0.193526802

<0.01%

−0.444686605

0.444686632

<0.01%