Estimation of fatigue crack initiation and growth in engineering product development using a digital twin approach

W Kim, G Lee, H Son, H Choi, BD Youn - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2022 - Elsevier
A digital twin is a computational model in cyberspace that is used to support engineering
decisions. Maintaining high predictive capability of a digital twin model is of great concern to …

Application of a hierarchical quadrature element method to interface crack analysis in bi-material systems

W **-induced fracture investigation of glass interposer with dielectric coatings
CC Lee, JC Chuang, CH Lee, HC Cheng - Surface and Coatings …, 2024 - Elsevier
In wafer dicing operations, several chip** effects involving breakage or micro-cracks were
often observed along the cut line of the glass interposer, mainly due to its brittle and hard …

Three-dimensional weight function analyses and stress intensity factors for two unsymmetric surface cracks and surface-corner cracks at a circular hole

B Zhang, W Xu, XR Wu - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Two unsymmetric surface cracks and a combination of surface and corner cracks emanating
from a circular hole are frequently encountered in many engineering structures, especially in …

Fatigue Life Prediction of Notched Details Using SWT Model and LEFM-Based Approach

R Hao, Z Wen, H **n, W Lin - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The fatigue crack initiation life of unwelded steel components accounts for the majority of the
total fatigue life, and the accurate prediction of it is of vital importance. In this study, a …

Structural fatigue crack propagation simulation and life prediction based on improved XFEM-VCCT

Z Chen, Y Dai, Y Liu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
To simulate structural crack propagation and predict fatigue life, the extended finite element
method (XFEM) combined with the virtual crack closure technique (VCCT) is adopted in this …

Evaluation of fracture parameters for three-dimensional cracks by a hierarchical quadrature element method

W **ang, M Chen, Y Tian, B Liu - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2025 - Elsevier
This work integrates the hierarchical quadrature element method (HQEM), which is known to
have p-convergence, into the virtual crack closure method (VCCM) to evaluate fracture …

A hierarchical quadrature element method for energy release rate calculation in combination with the virtual crack closure technique

W **ang, X Li, H Ni, B Liu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the virtual crack closure technique (VCCT) is combined with a hierarchical
quadrature element method (HQEM) with p-convergence for the evaluation of strain energy …