Two‐Scale Simulation of a Disc With a Crack by X‐FEM and Cell Model

Abstract

The two-scale simulation of a linear-elastic orthotropic disc with a central crack under mode-I loading may be used to verify the extended finite element method implementation of orthotropic enrichment functions into finite element codes such as FEAP. The stress distribution on the finer scale is simultaneously resolved by the high fidelity generalized method of cells called at each integration point of the macro elements.