Singularity of collapsed Q‐8 finite element
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
- Vol. 21 (5) , 959-965
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620210513
Abstract
The ability of the collapsed Q‐8 finite element to model strain singularities is studied in this paper. It is shown that its ability to model an r−1 singularity in strains depends strongly on the element size and number of Gauss points used for sampling stresses inside an element.Keywords
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