Investigating Stress Intensity Factor and Fatigue Life Using Extended Isogeometric Analysis Based on Bézier Extraction of NURBS

Subject Areas : Computational Mechanics

M. M Shoheib ¹ , Sh Shahrooi ² , M Shishehsaz ³ , M Hamzehei ⁴

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2022-06-08 Accepted : 2022-08-10 Published : 2022-09-01

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