The goal of this review paper is to provide a summary of selected discrete element and
hybrid finite–discrete element modeling techniques that have emerged in the field of rock …

Over the last three decades, a number of researchers have used the gradient-enhanced
plasticity theory to model the microstructural material behavior, which is not able to be …

Recent developments in engineering and technology have brought about serious and
enlarged demands for reliability, safety and economy in wide range of fields such as …

A new plastic-damage model for concrete subjected to cyclic loading is developed using the
concepts of fracture-energy-based damage and stiffness degradation in continuum damage …

Conventional continuum damage descriptions of material degeneration suffer from loss of
well‐posedness beyond a certain level of accumulated damage. As a consequence …

1.1 Preliminary Remarks 1 1.2 The Nature of Soils and Other Porous Media: Why a Full
Deformation Analysis is the Only Viable Approach for Prediction 4 1.3 Concepts of Effective …

A model which allows the introduction of displacements jumps to conventional finite
elements is developed. The path of the discontinuity is completely independent of the mesh …

A unifying thermomechanical framework is presented that reconciles several classes of
gradient elastoviscoplasticity and damage models proposed in the literature during the last …

Disorder and long-range interactions are two of the key components that make material
failure an interesting playfield for the application of statistical mechanics. The cornerstone in …

Classical continuum damage theory for quasi‐brittle fracture exhibits an extreme sensitivity
to the fineness and orientation of the spatial discretization in finite element simulations. This …