Motivated by the successful implementation of the phase-field method (PFM) to simulate
complicated fracture patterns at moderate computational costs in solid materials, many …

Here we employ and adapt the image-to-image translation concept based on conditional
generative adversarial networks (cGAN) for learning a forward and an inverse solution …

Under a pure tensile loading, cracks in brittle, isotropic, and homogeneous materials often
propagate such that pure mode I kinematics are maintained at the crack tip. However …

Cracking of rocks and rock-like materials exhibits a rich variety of patterns where tensile
(mode I) and shear (mode II) fractures are often interwoven. These mixed-mode fractures are …

We investigate three aspects of material behavior in this ninth installment of the Cam-Clay
series, namely, anisotropy, heterogeneity, and viscoplasticity. The main focus of the paper is …

We present a new phase-field formulation for the formation and propagation of a compaction
band in high-porosity rocks. Novel features of the proposed formulation include (a) the …

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 …

Numerical simulations become a necessity when experimental approaches cannot cover the
required physical and time scale of interest. One of such area is a simulation of long-term …

This manuscript introduces a unified mathematical framework to replicate both desiccation-
induced and hydraulic fracturing in low-permeable unsaturated porous materials observed …

The failure behavior of field-scale rock masses has long been studied indirectly through
laboratory compression tests on rock specimens with preexisting flaws. However, little to no …