A comparative study on the modelling of discontinuous fracture by means of enriched nodal and element techniques and interface elements

Abstract

In this paper, three different approaches used to model strong discontinuities are studied: a new strong embedded discontinuity technique, designated as the discrete strong embedded discontinuity approach (DSDA), introduced in Dias-da-Costa et al. [773][774][775][776][777][778][779][780][781] 1976). First, it is shown that all three descriptions are based on the same variational formulation. However, the main differences between these models lie in the way the discontinuity is represented in the finite element mesh, which is explained in the paper. Main focus is on the differences between the element enrichment technique, used in the DSDA and the nodal

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