A micromechanics based model to predict micro-crack coalescence in brittle materials under dynamic compression

F Huq, J Liu, AL Tonge, L Graham-Brady - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic compressive failure of brittle materials follows a progression from micro-cracks
initiating and growing at pre-existing material defects or flaws, to micro-crack coalescence …

Modeling of the ceramics structure for the finite element analysis

EI Shchurova - Procedia Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Ceramic materials are extensively used for impact protection systems. The finite element
method is generally used for strength calculation of such materials. As ceramics is a …

The phenomenological mechanochemistry of damage and radial cracking

M Grinfeld - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Traditional damage theory deals with distributed microcracks rather than with individual
cracks. In its simplest form, this theory adds just one additional parameter to the set of …