Library
SIF
Paris growth
Inclusion
Growth past an inclusion
MXFEM Benchmark 6 · path vs Bordas (2006)
Inclusion
Hard · E
inc
/ E
m
= 10
Soft · E
inc
/ E
m
= 0.1
Color field
von Mises (Williams + far-field)
σyy
Displacement magnitude
Growth step
—
Play
Warp scale
1.00
0
1
Bordas (2006)
MXFEM path
—
Red tube = undeformed MXFEM crack (same coordinates as mxfemVSbordas.m). Gold = Bordas 2006. Warp only deforms the plate, not the path. Hard inclusion (below) pushes the crack up; soft pulls it down.