Innovations of advanced materials have been at the core of most engineering technologies,
devices and systems. Composite laminates in particular have been extensively employed in …

Fracture is one of the most commonly encountered failure modes of engineering materials
and structures. Prevention of cracking-induced failure is, therefore, a major concern in …

We present a generalised phase field-based formulation for predicting fatigue crack growth
in metals. The theoretical framework aims at covering a wide range of material behaviour …

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 …

In this work, a critical comparison between three different numerical approaches for the
computational modelling of quasi-brittle structural failure is presented. Among the many …

We present a phase field formulation for fracture in functionally graded materials (FGMs).
The model builds upon homogenization theory and accounts for the spatial variation of …

A new phase method for predicting crack propagation path and mechanical response of
fiber reinforced composite laminate is proposed. A new three-dimensional (3D) crack …

This review paper presents an overview of computational methods for modelling the failure
of composite materials, with a focus on fracture modelling. The paper begins by discussing …

The modeling of mixed-mode fracture within the phase field (PF) framework poses a
challenge due to the difficulties in incorporating a reasonable mixed-mode cohesive law …

Irreversible evolution is one of the central concepts as well as implementation challenges of
both the variational approach to fracture by Francfort and Marigo (1998) and its regularized …