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 paper, we investigate fracture in shells with a phase-field modeling approach. The
shell model is based on solid-shell kinematics with small rotations and displacements and is …

The analysis of fracture phenomena of thin-walled structures has been a matter of intensive
research in the last decades. These phenomena notably restrict the applicability of slender …

In this paper, a phase-field model is presented for the description of brittle fracture in a
Reissner–Mindlin plate and shell formulation. The shell kinematics as well as the phase …

In this work, a thermodynamically consistent framework for coupled thermo-mechanical
simulations for thin-walled structures with the presence of cohesive interfaces is proposed …

SUMMARY A model for fracture and fragmentation of multilayered thin shells has been
developed and implemented into the combined finite–discrete element code. The proposed …

A majority of physical models are written as partial differential equations. For most of these
equations, analytical solutions cannot be obtained and they can be solved only numerically …

The intentional or accidental cutting of thin shell structures by means of a sharp object is of
interest in many engineering applications. The process of cutting involves several types of …

In this paper, the extended finite element method (X‐FEM) formulation for the modeling of
arbitrary crack propagation in coupled shell/solid structures is developed based on the large …

A solid shell-based adaptive atomistic–continuum numerical method is herein proposed to
simulate complex crack growth patterns in thin-walled structures. A hybrid solid shell …