• Mahendra Chilakala
• Sahil Garg

The present chapter aims at providing a generalized model for studying crack in layered materials used for automobile coatings. This study has been performed using EFGM. The results and plots obtained are compared and validated with standard FEM. EFGM significantly reduces the computational time and engineering effort compared to FEM. J-Integral is used to calculate SIFs and a novel Jump Function approach is used to detect the change in material properties in coatings. The crack is provided at centre of substrate and its variations with respect to SIFs are plotted.

Element free Galerkin Method, Fracture Analysis, Bi-Layered Materials, Finite Element Analysis, Horizontal Crack, Inclined Crack.

"Numerical Simulation of Centre Crack in Automotive Coatings Using Element Free Galerkin Method", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.538-542, November 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDR06082.pdf

"Numerical Simulation of Centre Crack in Automotive Coatings Using Element Free Galerkin Method", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp538-542, November 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDR06082.pdf