A number of finite element (FE) postprocessing methods have been developed for the
computation of notch stress intensity factors (NSIFs). Factors such as varied
formulations, field variables sampled, location/areas of the sampling points and the
number of sampling points are known to affect the accuracy of the computed values
of the NSIFs. The use of conventional finite elements at the notch tip in all of these
methods also greatly affects the accuracy.
The present work surveys the available FE based NSIF extraction methods and
compares their efficacy in terms of accuracy of the computed NSIFs. Seven methods,
variously based on stress, displacement, and energy, are considered. Our results
indicate that displacement-based methods consistently provide the most accurate
NSIFs relative to the number of sampling points.
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