Computational modeling of the initiation and propagation of complex fracture is central to the
discipline of engineering fracture mechanics. This review focuses on two promising …

The paper is devoted to gradient damage models which allow us to describe all the process
of degradation of a body including the nucleation of cracks and their propagation. The …

Being able to model complex nucleation, propagation, branching and merging of cracks in
solids within a unified framework, the classical phase-field models for brittle fracture fail in …

Phase-field models, sometimes referred to as gradient damage or smeared crack models,
are widely used methods for the numerical simulation of crack propagation in brittle …

We extend a phase-field/gradient damage formulation for cohesive fracture to the dynamic
case. The model is characterized by a regularized fracture energy that is linear in the …

The present paper aims at modeling complex fracture phenomena where different damaging
mechanisms are involved. For this purpose, the standard one-variable phase-field/gradient …

The global response of experimental uniaxial tests cannot be homogeneous, because of the
unavoidable presence of localized deformations, which is always preferential from an …

The phase field method is a versatile simulation framework for studying initiation and
propagation of complex crack networks without dependence to the finite element mesh. In …

In this article, we focus on the validation of Francfort and Marigo's variational approach to
fracture based on some classical fracture experiments. We show that this approach can be …

固体开裂引起的损伤和断裂是工程材料和结构最为普遍的破坏形式. 为了防止这种破坏,
结构设计首先必须了解裂缝在固体内如何萌生, 扩展, 分叉, 汇聚甚至破碎; 更重要的是 …