Modeling of the evolution of distributed damage such as microcracking, void formation, and
softening frictional slip necessitates strain-softening constitutive models. The nonlocal …

Structural systems are consistently encountering the variabilities in material properties,
undesirable defects and loading environments, which may potentially shorten their designed …

Being one of the most promising candidates for the modeling of localized failure in solids, so
far the phase-field method has been applied only to brittle fracture with very few exceptions …

The present paper deals with the combination of plasticity and damage applied to modeling
of concrete failure. First, the local uniqueness conditions of two types of combinations of …

Aiming to bridge the gap between damage and fracture mechanics for modeling localized
failure in solids, this paper addresses a novel geometrically regularized gradient-damage …

In this paper, a mesoscale model of concrete is presented, which considers particles, matrix
material and the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) as separate constituents. Particles are …

In the phase-field modeling of fracture in brittle and quasi-brittle solids, it is crucial to
represent the asymmetric tensile/compressive material behavior. Existing phase-field …

The recently emerged idea of incorporating strain or displacement discontinuities into
standard finite element interpolations has triggered the development of powerful techniques …

Three–dimensional nonlinear finite–element models have been developed to investigate
the loading–unloading–reloading behaviour of two reinforced–concrete beams under four …

An overview of computational methods to model fracture in brittle and quasi‐brittle materials
is given. The overview focuses on continuum models for fracture. First, numerical difficulties …