%0 Journal Article
%T Numerical analysis of damage in silica filled epoxy products using XFEM and its verifications
%A Płatek, Robert
%A Malinowski, Łukasz
%A Zwoliński, Piotr
%J Technical Transactions
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/2353737XCT.17.121.6662
%N Volume 7 Year 2017 (114)
%P 199-207
%K XFEM, cracking, epoxy insulation, in-situ tests, C2 test
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/numerical-analysis-of-damage-in-silica-filled-epoxy-products-using-xfem-and-its-verifications
%X 
	The paper summarizes the study of cracking phenomena in silica filled epoxy material. Numerical analyses of cracking phenomena were performed using Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) for a full scale element as well as in a microscale, for the Representative Volume Element (RVE). Experimental verification consists of both C2 tests for real products and in-situ tensile tests and microstructural observations with the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). At the end, a summary with conclusions related to the prepared numerical analyses and experiments is included.