3. Modeling A#
3.1. Characteristics of modeling#
The modeling used is a C_ PLAN modeling.
3.2. Characteristics of the mesh#
The mesh is composed of 240 linear triangles. The mesh is transformed into a quadratic mesh in the command file. In addition, the elements at the bottom of the crack are transformed into Barsoum elements.

Figure 3.2-a : Mesh for problem 1
3.3. Tested sizes and results#
We test the values of the stress intensity factors given by the command POST_K1_K2_K3 (analytical comparison and non-regression) and the value of the error estimators for the 3 methods implemented in Code_Aster (parameters ERREUR_ERRE, ERREUR_ERZ1, ERREUR_ERZ2, ERREUR_QIRE,,,,,,, ERREUR_QIZ1, ERREUR_QIZ2) for the primal problem and the dual problem (non- comparison regression).
Quantity tested |
Reference value |
Tolerance (relative) |
K1 (analytics) |
9.37 |
0.005 |
ERREUR_ERRE |
2.6654055228458E-03 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERZ1 |
3.087758564444437E-03 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERZ2 |
7.476798989844696E-03 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERRE |
5.2145715958031E+01 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERZ1 |
6.2002976336900E+01 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERZ2 |
1.4362442647950E+02 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_QIRE |
9.3257156697600E+01 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_QIZ1 |
3.087758564444437E-03 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_QIZ2 |
7.476798989844696E-03 |
1.E-8 |
Table 3.3-1 : Results for the quantities tested