Phase-field methods to regularize sharp interfaces represent a well established technique
nowadays. In fracture mechanics, recent works have shown the capability of the method for …

An efficient low order virtual element method (VEM) for crack-propagation in elastic solids at
small strains is outlined within this work. The recently developed VEM is a competitive …

Many rectangular plate elements developed in the history of finite element method (FEM)
have displayed excellent numerical properties, yet their applications have been limited due …

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is an established process for the production of thin solid
films for industrial and scientific applications for more than 30 years. CVD is a multiscale …

Current numerical methods cannot simulate well three-dimensional (3D) fracture process of
solids. In order to study 3D fracture process of brittle-like materials and improve crack growth …

Damage processes are modeled by a softening behavior in a stress/strain diagram. This
reveals that the stiffness loses its ellipticity and the energy is thus not coercive. A numerical …

Reproducing the in situ mechanical response of granite at a depth of a few kilometer under
dynamic loading presents significant challenges. We have developed and calibrated a new …

This paper addresses a physical damage model and continuum damage-based fracture
simulation procedure for simulating crack initiation, growth and cracks coalescence of quasi …

A physical damage model based on minimum Lemaitre's damage strain energy release rate
is developed to describe quasi-brittle materials' softening. A modified finite element …

In this paper, we propose a dissipation informed peridynamic (PD) model for dynamic brittle
fracture. The viscosity is introduced in for dissipation compensation to recover the physical …