Analytical solutions for diffuse interface propagation are found for two recently developed
Landau potentials that account for the phenomenology of stress-induced martensitic phase …

The phase field microelasticity theory is used to formulate a three-dimensional phase field
model of a multivariant martensitic transformation under external load. The model is based …

Thermodynamically consistent phase field theory for multivariant martensitic transformations,
which includes large strains and interface stresses, is developed. Theory is formulated in a …

The universal (ie independent of the constitutive equations) thermodynamic driving force for
coherent interface reorientation during first-order phase transformations in solids is derived …

A finite-strain phase field model for martensitic phase transformation and twinning in shape
memory alloys is developed and confronted with the corresponding sharp-interface …

A scale-free phase-field model for martensitic phase transformations (PTs) at finite strains is
developed as an essential generalization of small-strain models in Levitas et al.(2004) and …

Based on the theory developed in Part 1 of this paper [Levitas, VI, Ozsoy, IB, 2008.
Micromechanical modeling of stress-induced phase transformations. Part 1 …

Thermodynamically consistent phase field theory for multivariant martensitic transformations
is developed with the main focus on introducing correct interface stresses (tension). The …

General phase-field theory for multivariant martensitic phase transformations and explicit
models are formulated at large strains. Each order parameter is unambiguously related to …

A scale-independent model for the interaction between multivariant phase transformations
(PTs) and discrete shear bands is advanced and utilized to simulate plastic strain-induced …