Research Article

Coupled Finite Volume Methods and Extended Finite Element Methods for the Dynamic Crack Propagation Modelling with the Pressurized Crack Surfaces

Table 1

The maximum splitting force .

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= 0.0 = 0.2 MPa = 0.4 MPa = 0.0 MPa = 0.2 MPa = 0.4 MPa

Numerical results15.6013.3110.7519.5117.0214.00
Experimental results18.7914.2810.5219.8216.1612.95
Error16.98%6.79%2.19%1.56%5.32%8.11%