Fracture is one of the most commonly encountered failure modes of engineering materials
and structures. Prevention of cracking-induced failure is, therefore, a major concern in …

In this work, a critical comparison between three different numerical approaches for the
computational modelling of quasi-brittle structural failure is presented. Among the many …

Nonlocal integral and/or gradient enhancements are widely used to resolve the mesh
dependency issue with standard continuum damage models. However, it is reported that …

A regularized gradient-extended damage-plasticity model is discussed which is based on a
micromorphic approach in the spirit of Forest (2009). Damage and plasticity are treated as …

This paper presents a novel smoothing gradient damage model, which goes beyond certain
limitations of conventional methods, for accurate prediction of localized failure in quasi-brittle …

In the past few decades, extensive research on concrete modeling to predict behavior, crack
propagation, microcrack coalescence by utilizing different approaches (fracture mechanics …

This paper presents a comparative study of the gradient-enhanced damage models (GED)
of Peerlings et al.(1996), Vandoren and Simone (2018) and the phase field damage/fracture …

This work is concerned with the theoretical development, algorithmic implementation and
numerical investigation of a novel thermodynamically consistent 'two-surface'gradient …

The thermal-induced failure mechanism of the bearing outer-ring guiding-surface is
investigated within this work when subjected to cyclic impact and sliding actions. The paper …

The conventional gradient models based on continuum damage mechanics are found to
exhibit inconsistencies in terms of damage initiation and growth. With the decrease in non …