The paper describes new algorithms and procedures proposed for determining fracture mechanics parameters from finite element analysis using the over deterministic method. The multi-parameter crack tip stress field description is used. The algorithms and procedures based on multi-parameter stress field representations in series form are shown to be a powerful tool for reliable and accurate parameter determination. The technique is aimed at the determination of coefficients of the Williams series expansion from finite element analysis and is based on the over deterministic approach. The methodology is illustrated and applied to several cases of cracked specimens. Examples are presented for crack-tip fields recorded using digital photoelasticity. The results of finite element analysis are compared with the digital photoelasticity experiments. The results are in good agreement. The principal stresses obtained from finite element method are in good agreement with the isochromatic fringe patterns obtained by the photoelasticity method. Explanation has been made for giving guidance to a user on how best to approach implementation of the method from a practical standpoint.

The paper describes new algorithms and procedures proposed for determining fracture mechanicsparameters from finite element analysis using the over deterministic method. The multi-parameter cracktip stress field description is used. The algorithms and procedures based on multi-parameter stress fieldrepresentations in series form are shown to be a powerful tool for reliable and accurate parameterdetermination. The technique is aimed at the determination of coefficients of the Williams series expansionfrom finite element analysis and is based on the over deterministic approach. The methodology is illustratedand applied to several cases of cracked specimens. Examples are presented for crack-tip fields recorded usingdigital photoelasticity. The results of finite element analysis are compared with the digital photoelasticityexperiments. The results are in good agreement. The principal stresses obtained from finite element methodare in good agreement with the isochromatic fringe patterns obtained by the photoelasticity method.Explanation has been made for giving guidance to a user on how best to approach implementation of themethod from a practical standpoint.

The article defines stress fields near the tips of mathematical cracks in an isotropic linearly elastic plate with two horizontal collinear cracks lying on a straight line of different lengths under the uniaxial tensile condition, using two approaches - experimental, based on the method of digital photomechanics, and numerical, based on finite element calculations. To represent the stress field at the tip of the section, the Williams polynomial series is used - the canonical representation of the field at the top of the mathematical section of a two-dimensional problem of elasticity theory for isotropic media. The main idea of the current study is to take into consideration the regular (non-singular) terms of the series and analyze their impact on the holistic description of the stress field in the immediate vicinity of the top of the section. The first fifteen coefficients of the Max Williams series were preserved and determined in accordance with experimental patterns of isochromatic bands and finite element modeling. To extract the coefficients of the Williams series used a redefined method designed to solve systems of algebraic equations, the number of which is significantly greater than the unknown - amplitude multipliers. The influence of the non-singular terms of the Williams series on the processing of the experimental pattern of interference fringes is demonstrated. It is validated that the preservation of the terms of a high order of smallness makes it possible to expand the area adjacent to the tip of the crack, from which experimental points can be selected. The finite element study was carried out in the SIMULIA Abaqus engineering analysis system, in which experimental samples tested in a full-scale experiment were reproduced. It is revealed that the results obtained by the two methods are in good agreement with each other.