"10"^^ . . "2"^^ . "4"^^ . . "Two different welds of polymer materials are simulated in order to study the influence of the change of material properties on the value of the stress intensity factor. Various changes of Young's modulus are assumed to study the effect on the stress intensity factor and crack behaviour. The finite element method and model of functionally graded material are used for estimation of the fracture parameters. Simulations are performed on a single edge cracked tension specimen (SECT) geometry where Young's modulus change is prescribed. In order to simulate the continuous change of material behaviour through the structure, the numerical model is composed of a set of strips with constant Young's modulus. The necessary number of the strips is discussed in the paper. For verification of the proposed numerical model for some special cases, the numerical results were compared with the analytical solution and X-FEM simulation and good agreement was found. The paper presented shows an effective method for simulatio"@en . . . . "[93569C9E74BD]" . . . "Bratislava" . . "A FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIAL MODEL OF CRACKED POLYMER WELD"@en . "Bratislava" . "N\u00E1hl\u00EDk, Lubo\u0161" . "A FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIAL MODEL OF CRACKED POLYMER WELD" . "functionally graded material, stress intensity factor, polymer weld, strip model"@en . . "International Conference on Computational Modelling and Advanced Simulations" . "RIV/00216305:26210/09:PU81396!RIV12-GA0-26210___" . . "2009-06-30+02:00"^^ . "A FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIAL MODEL OF CRACKED POLYMER WELD"@en . . . "Kn\u00E9sl, Zden\u011Bk" . "26210" . "301274" . . . "Slovensk\u00E1 technick\u00E1 univerzita v Bratislave. Vydavate\u013Estvo STU" . . "P(GC101/09/J027), P(GD106/09/H035), Z(AV0Z20410507)" . "RIV/00216305:26210/09:PU81396" . "\u0160ev\u010D\u00EDk, Martin" . . . . "Huta\u0159, Pavel" . . "978-80-227-3067-9" . . "Two different welds of polymer materials are simulated in order to study the influence of the change of material properties on the value of the stress intensity factor. Various changes of Young's modulus are assumed to study the effect on the stress intensity factor and crack behaviour. The finite element method and model of functionally graded material are used for estimation of the fracture parameters. Simulations are performed on a single edge cracked tension specimen (SECT) geometry where Young's modulus change is prescribed. In order to simulate the continuous change of material behaviour through the structure, the numerical model is composed of a set of strips with constant Young's modulus. The necessary number of the strips is discussed in the paper. For verification of the proposed numerical model for some special cases, the numerical results were compared with the analytical solution and X-FEM simulation and good agreement was found. The paper presented shows an effective method for simulatio" . . "A FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIAL MODEL OF CRACKED POLYMER WELD" .