Phase-field modeling of fracture

JY Wu, VP Nguyen, CT Nguyen, D Sutula… - Advances in applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

A review of phase-field models, fundamentals and their applications to composite laminates

TQ Bui, X Hu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Phase field modeling and computer implementation: A review

X Zhuang, S Zhou, GD Huynh, P Areias… - Engineering Fracture …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview of the theories and computer implementation aspects of
phase field models (PFM) of fracture. The advantage of PFM over discontinuous approaches …

Phase-field modeling of fluid-driven dynamic cracking in porous media

S Zhou, X Zhuang, T Rabczuk - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2019 - Elsevier
A phase field model for fluid-driven dynamic crack propagation in poroelastic media is
proposed. Therefore, classical Biot poroelasticity theory is applied in the porous medium …

Phase field modeling of brittle compressive-shear fractures in rock-like materials: A new driving force and a hybrid formulation

S Zhou, X Zhuang, T Rabczuk - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Compressive-shear fracture is commonly observed in rock-like materials. However, this
fracture type cannot be captured by current phase field models (PFMs), which have been …

Comparative performance of eight ensemble learning approaches for the development of models of slope stability prediction

S Lin, H Zheng, B Han, Y Li, C Han, W Li - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Slope engineering is a complex nonlinear system. It is difficult to respond with a high level of
precision and efficiency requirements for stability assessment using conventional theoretical …

Comprehensive implementations of phase-field damage models in Abaqus

JY Wu, Y Huang - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the versatility in modeling complex crack configurations, phase-field damage
models for fracture usually count only on in-house codes, greatly restricting their potential …

On the hydraulic fracturing in naturally-layered porous media using the phase field method

X Zhuang, S Zhou, M Sheng, G Li - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
In the hydraulic fracturing of natural rocks, understanding and predicting crack penetrations
into the neighboring layers is crucial and relevant in terms of cost-efficiency in engineering …

Phase-field cohesive zone modeling of multi-physical fracture in solids and the open-source implementation in Comsol Multiphysics

WX Chen, JY Wu - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the popularity of phase-field models for fracture in purely mechanical problems, their
application to the modeling of fracture in multi-physics problems is much less reported. This …

Effect of calcium leaching on the fracture properties of concrete

W Zhang, D Shi, Z Shen, X Wang, L Gan… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, acceleration leaching and three-point bending (TPB) tests were performed on
single-notched TPB beam specimens to explore the evolution of the fracture properties of …