A simple approach for pervasive quasi-brittle fracture using independent cover meshless method

In this paper, a novel discrete approach based on the independent cover meshless method (ICMM) is presented as a simple yet effective method in pervasive quasi-brittle fracture modeling. In ICMM theory, mesh irrelevant and node-based polynomial meshless approximation functions are defined over independent covers of discrete nodes. One salient feature of ICMM is the unified continuous and discontinuous analysis. This property is investigated for...