MXFEM Benchmark 5 · XFEM a(N) vs closed-form Paris integration
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Paris a(N)MXFEM a(N)
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da/dN = C (ΔK)m with C = 1.5×10−10, m = 3.8, ΔN = 50. Direction from maximum circumferential stress (straight here: pure mode I). Zoom in on the left edge — the crack starts at 10 mm in a 300 mm half-plate.