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 …

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 …

Accurate prediction of fracture in concrete depends on the characterization of real meso-
structures. Micro X-ray computed tomography (CT) can fulfil this task but is still too expensive …

Thermally induced cracking occurs in many engineering problems such as drying shrinkage
cracking of concrete, thermal shock induced fracture, micro cracking of two-phase composite …

Despite the popularity in modeling complex and arbitrary crack configurations in solids,
phase-field damage models suffer from burdensome computational cost. This issue arises …

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 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 …

Being able to seamlessly deal with complex crack patterns like branching, merging and
even fragmentation, phase-field fracture/damage models are promising in the modeling of …

It is a promising way to strengthen and repair the damaged normal concrete (NC) structure
with ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), and the interfacial performance between NC …

Phase-field models have the advantage in that no geometric descriptions of cracks are
required, which means that crack coalescence and branching can be treated without …