[HTML][HTML] A computational framework to predict weld integrity and microstructural heterogeneity: Application to hydrogen transmission

J Wijnen, J Parker, M Gagliano, E Martínez-Pañeda - Materials & Design, 2025 - Elsevier
We present a novel computational framework to assess the structural integrity of welds. In
the first stage of the simulation framework, local fractions of microstructural constituents …

[HTML][HTML] An inverse design framework for optimizing tensile strength of composite materials based on a CNN surrogate for the phase field fracture model

Y Gao, R Duddu, S Kolouri, A Gupta… - Composites Part A …, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a novel inverse design framework that combines a convolutional
neural network (CNN) surrogate for the phase field fracture model with a differentiable …

Extension of high-fidelity time-domain spectral element formulation for phase-field modeling of fracture: A static analysis

F Li, Y Su, Y Chen, X Sun - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents the first extension of the high-fidelity time-domain spectral element
method (TD-SEM) to develop a phase-field model for accurately and efficiently solving …

[HTML][HTML] An adaptive mesh refinement algorithm for stress-based phase field fracture models for heterogeneous media: Application using FEniCS to ice-rock cliff …

DT Nguyen, A Gupta, R Duddu… - Finite Elements in Analysis …, 2025 - Elsevier
Fracture propagation in heterogeneous ice-rock cliffs and hanging glaciers is complicated
by the presence of internal interfaces and material property mismatch, so their failure risk is …

The damage Mechanics challenge Results: Participant predictions compared with experiment

JP Morris, LJ Pyrak-Nolte, H Yoon, A Bobet… - Engineering Fracture …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present results from a recent exercise where participating organizations were asked to
provide model-based blind predictions of damage evolution in 3D-printed geomaterial …