This study presents a comprehensive exploration of Peridynamic (PD) theory, with a specific
focus on its theoretical foundations and practical implementations, including various PD …

Peridynamics (PD) is a novel continuum mechanics theory established by Stewart Silling in
2000. The roots of PD can be traced back to the early works of Gabrio Piola according to …

Discrete models of solids have been motivated, in large part, by the discontinuous and
heterogeneous nature of material structure and its breakdown under loading. The …

This paper presents a fully coupled thermo-mechanical peridynamic model for simulating
interactive thermo-mechanical material responses and thermally induced fracturing of solids …

The recently conceived gap test and its simulation revealed that the fracture energy Gf (or
Kc, Jcr) of concrete, plastic-hardening metals, composites, and probably most materials can …

The line crack models, including linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), cohesive crack
model (CCM), and extended finite element method (XFEM), rest on the century-old …

In the present study, a new exploration of the mesoscopic structure is proposed for the
nonlocal macro‑meso-scale consistent damage (NMMD) model, and the definition from …

The focus of this paper is on application of peridynamics (PD) to propagation of elastic
waves in unbounded domains. We construct absorbing boundary conditions (ABCs) derived …

The standard way of implementing Peridynamics is a meshfree approach which uses a
uniform discretization. This is inefficient when a very dense grid spacing for a localized area …

We begin the article by summarizing some key developments in the field of Peridynamics
(PD) and arrive at a conclusion that two schools of PD are emerging in recent years. One …