A review on phase field models for fracture and fatigue

P Li, W Li, B Li, S Yang, Y Shen, Q Wang… - Engineering Fracture …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase field fracture models have demonstrated great capacities in simulating crack
nucleation, propagation, branching, and joining in brittle and ductile materials subjected to …

Thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical coupled processes and their numerical simulation: a comprehensive review

N Zhang, Z Luo, Z Chen, F Liu, P Liu, W Chen, L Wu… - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
With the growing development and utilization of underground space and resources, rock
masses exposed to high stresses and pore pressure, large temperature changes, and …

Effect of calcium leaching on the fracture properties of concrete

W Zhang, D Shi, Z Shen, X Wang, L Gan… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, acceleration leaching and three-point bending (TPB) tests were performed on
single-notched TPB beam specimens to explore the evolution of the fracture properties of …

A multi-phase-field framework for non-uniform corrosion and corrosion-induced concrete cracking

X Fang, Z Pan, R Ma - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Predicting the failure of reinforced concrete structures due to rebar corrosion is significant in
maintaining the service life of concrete structures. This paper presents a multi-phase-field …

[HTML][HTML] On the phase-field modeling of fully coupled chemo-mechanical deterioration and fracture in calcium leached cementitious solids

JY Wu, WX Chen - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
As it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to carry out fully coupled chemo-mechanical tests
lasting several hundreds of years, a reliable modeling approach is thus indispensable in …

A phase field model for fatigue fracture in piezoelectric solids: A residual controlled staggered scheme

Y Tan, Y He, X Li, G Kang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prediction of the fatigue life of piezoelectric devices and structures is of scientific and
engineering significance. In this work, a phase field model for fatigue fracture in piezoelectric …

Delamination behaviors of an epoxy-impregnated REBCO pancake coil during a quench

D Liu, W Wei, Y Tang, H Yong, Y Zhou - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
For the epoxy-impregnated high-temperature superconducting (HTS) REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x
(REBCO) magnets, the quench cannot be still avoided in the operation, which may induce …

Phase-field method for modeling non-uniform corrosion-induced cracking in concrete

X Fang, Z Pan, A Chen, H Tian, R Ma - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-uniform corrosion of rebar leads to the cracking of the concrete cover, which reduces
the reliability of structures and increases maintenance costs. In this paper, we present a …

A phase-field framework for brittle fracture in quasi-crystals

P Li, W Li, H Fan, Q Wang, K Zhou - International Journal of Solids and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of quasi-crystals are brittle at room temperature due to their specific cluster structures.
Phase-field fracture models have demonstrated a powerful ability to predict brittle crack …

[HTML][HTML] Phase-field chemo-mechanical modelling of corrosion-induced cracking in reinforced concrete subjected to non-uniform chloride-induced corrosion

E Korec, M Jirásek, HS Wong… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
A model for corrosion-induced cracking of reinforced concrete subjected to non-uniform
chloride-induced corrosion is presented. The gradual corrosion initiation of the steel surface …