5. C modeling#
5.1. Characteristics of modeling#
The modeling used is a C_ PLAN modeling.
5.2. Characteristics of the mesh#
The mesh is composed of 222 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 5.2-a : Mesh for problem 3
5.3. 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_QIRE, ERREUR_QIZ1) (parameters,,,) for the primal problem and the dual problem (non-regression comparison).
Quantity tested |
Reference value |
Tolerance (relative) |
K1 (analytics) |
6.33 |
0.099 |
K1 (non regression) |
6.95029 |
1.E-6 |
ERREUR_ERRE |
2.2009669815803E-03 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERZ1 |
2.2766563775709E-03 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERRE |
5.2902256540711E+01 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_ERZ1 |
5.5578633368626E+01 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_QIRE |
7.6783302550272E+01 |
1.E-8 |
ERREUR_QIZ1 |
2.2766563775709E-03 |
1.E-8 |
Table 5.3-1 : Results for the quantities tested