An overview of computational methods to model fracture in brittle and quasi‐brittle materials
is given. The overview focuses on continuum models for fracture. First, numerical difficulties …

One of the first courses I taught at Stanford was Advanced Soil Mechanics. The course title
was accurate in the beginning, but the contents gradually became more and more about …

Geologic shear fractures such as faults and slip surfaces involve marked friction along the
discontinuities as they are subjected to significant confining pressures. This friction plays a …

We present an overview of the most popular state-of-the-art computational methods
available for modelling fracture in rock. The summarized numerical methods can be …

In fractured natural formations, the equations governing fluid flow and geomechanics are
strongly coupled. Hydrodynamical properties depend on the mechanical configuration, and …

This paper presents a framework for modeling failure in quasi-brittle geomaterials under
different loading conditions. A micromechanics-based model is proposed in which the field …

We introduce a phase‐field method for continuous modeling of cracks with frictional
contacts. Compared with standard discrete methods for frictional contacts, the phase‐field …

During the operation of tunnels, a problem that is encountered often is the cracking of
secondary lining caused by the time-dependent deformation of weak surrounding rocks. In …

We present strong and weak forms of boundary-value problems for a solid with a cohesive–
frictional crack. Two commonly used techniques for enhancing the finite element (FE) …

An enhanced XMPM formulation is proposed to simulate the evolution of shear bands and
post-failure behaviors with large deformations. In the current study, a localization search …