A hybrid numerical approach for hydraulic fracturing in a naturally fractured formation combining the XFEM and phase-field model

JN Zhang, H Yu, WL Xu, CS Lv, M Micheal, F Shi… - Engineering Fracture …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a hybrid method for modeling hydraulic fracture propagation in an
unconventional shale formation with frictional and cemented natural fractures. The hybrid …

A transient global-local generalized FEM for parabolic and hyperbolic PDEs with multi-space/time scales

L He, AJ Valocchi, CA Duarte - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel Generalized Finite Element Method with global-local
enrichment (GFEM gl) to solve time-dependent parabolic and hyperbolic problems with …

An adaptive global–local generalized FEM for multiscale advection–diffusion problems

L He, AJ Valocchi, CA Duarte - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper develops an adaptive algorithm for the Generalized Finite Element Method with
global–local enrichment (GFEM gl) for transient multiscale PDEs. The adaptive algorithm …

Analysis of three‐dimensional fracture mechanics problems: A two‐scale approach using coarse‐generalized FEM meshes

DJ Kim, JPA Pereira, CA Duarte - International journal for …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a generalized finite element method (GFEM) based on the solution of
interdependent global (structural) and local (crack)‐scale problems. The local problems …

An extended/generalized phase‐field finite element method for crack growth with global‐local enrichment

R Geelen, J Plews, M Tupek… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An extended/generalized finite element method (XFEM/GFEM) for simulating quasistatic
crack growth based on a phase‐field method is presented. The method relies on …

Generalized finite element analysis of three-dimensional heat transfer problems exhibiting sharp thermal gradients

P O'Hara, CA Duarte, T Eason - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, heat transfer problems exhibiting sharp thermal gradients are analyzed using
the classical and generalized finite element methods. The effect of solution roughness on …

Non-intrusive coupling of a 3-D Generalized Finite Element Method and Abaqus for the multiscale analysis of localized defects and structural features

H Li, P O'Hara, CA Duarte - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a multiscale computational framework able to resolve localized defects
and features such as cracks and welds in large structures. It couples Abaqus models and 3 …

A generalized finite element method with global-local enrichment functions for confined plasticity problems

DJ Kim, CA Duarte, SP Proença - Computational Mechanics, 2012 - Springer
The main feature of partition of unity methods such as the generalized or extended finite
element method is their ability of utilizing a priori knowledge about the solution of a problem …

Three-dimensional crack growth with hp-generalized finite element and face offsetting methods

JP Pereira, CA Duarte, X Jiao - Computational Mechanics, 2010 - Springer
A coupling between the hp-version of the generalized finite element method (hp-GFEM) and
the face offsetting method (FOM) for crack growth simulations is presented. In the proposed …

Bridging multiple structural scales with a generalized finite element method

JA Plews, CA Duarte - International Journal for Numerical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a generalized FEM based on the solution of interdependent coarse‐
scale (global) and fine‐scale (local) problems in order to resolve multiscale effects due to …