Ronald D. Kriz, Associate Professor
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Outline how enriched finite elements are used to augment existing nonsingular finite elements with singularities that exist at crack tips Ref [Benzley]. Use this enriched FEM to model crack tip singularities in a homogeneous isotropic material and compare numerical results with analytic results for Mode-I and Mode-II.