The complex interplay between chemistry, microstructure, and behavior of many
engineering materials has been investigated predominantly by experimental methods …

Review of selected fundamental topics on the interaction between phase transformations,
fracture, and other structural changes in inelastic materials is presented. It mostly focuses on …

The phase-field method has been established for the numerical investigation of various
microstructure evolution processes. The accurate description of these complex processes …

The phase-field method is widely established for modeling crack propagation in material
science. It shows good agreement with analytical solutions and is able to describe a …

This contribution presents a diffuse framework for modeling cracks in heterogeneous media.
Interfaces are depicted by static phase-fields. This concept allows the use of non-conforming …

An implementation of the crystal plasticity theory in the context of the multiphase-field
method provides a numerically efficient tracking of evolving grain boundaries, modeled as …

Modeling of crack propagation in materials has long been a challenge in solid-state physics
and materials science. The phase-field method has now established as one of the tools for …

Ferritic-martensitic dual-phase steels (DP) offer beneficial material properties for industrial
applications. Understanding the microstructural evolution within the production chain and its …

The multiphase-field method has great potential to advance future research on battery
materials. In this work, we discuss the modeling of phase-separating intercalation …

We present an effective mechanical equilibrium solution algorithm suitable for finite strain
consideration within the phase-field method. The proposed algorithm utilizes a Fourier …