The simulation of fluid‐driven fracture propagation in a porous medium is a major
computational challenge, with applications in geosciences and engineering. The two main …

This paper investigates the accuracy and the convergence properties of the augmented
finite element method (AFEM). The AFEM is here used to model strong discontinuities …

Abstract The Strong Discontinuity Approach (SDA) is a popular method to incorporate cracks
as displacement discontinuities into finite elements. In the first part of the paper, different …

Many state-of-the-art approaches for predicting discrete fracture within the finite element
framework were designed by enhancing the continuous displacement field with a …

The formulation and calibration of constitutive models for geomaterials require material
behaviour from experiments under a wide range of triaxial loading conditions. However …

This paper addresses the issue of evolution and coalescence of localized damage zones in
sparsely fractured crystalline rocks. The approach incorporates a constitutive law with …

Damage-induced strain softening is of vital importance for the modeling of localized failure
in frictional-cohesive materials. This paper addresses strain localization of damaging solids …

In this study a computational framework is outlined for modeling the mechanical response of
structural masonry at both meso and macroscale. The mesoscale approach accounts for the …

This paper provides a mathematical description of hydromechanical coupling associated
with propagation of localized damage. The framework incorporates an embedded …

The work presented here is focused on examining the size effect in concrete structures
subjected to different loading conditions, which include a chemo-mechanical interaction …