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 on fracture propagation in concrete: Models, methods, and benchmark tests

F Mukhtar, A El-Tohfa - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Rigorous characterization of fracture evolution in quasi-brittle materials–such as concrete–
requires computationally intensive and, mostly, complex approaches. However, the …

Cracking elements: A self-propagating strong discontinuity embedded approach for quasi-brittle fracture

Y Zhang, X Zhuang - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a self-propagating Strong Discontinuity embedded Approach
(SDA) for quasi-brittle fracture. The method is based on the Statically Optimal Symmetric …

A geometrically regularized gradient-damage model with energetic equivalence

JY Wu - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Cracking elements method for dynamic brittle fracture

Y Zhang, X Zhuang - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
The cracking elements (CE) method is a recently presented self-propagating strong
discontinuity embedded approach with the statically optimal symmetric (SDA-SOS) …

A variationally consistent phase-field anisotropic damage model for fracture

JY Wu, VP Nguyen, H Zhou, Y Huang - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Robust numerical implementation of non-standard phase-field damage models for failure in solids

JY Wu - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently several non-standard phase-field models different from the standard one for brittle
fracture (Bourdin et al. 2000, 2008; Miehe et al. 2010a) have been proposed for the …

A simple hybrid linear and nonlinear interpolation finite element for the adaptive Cracking Elements Method

X Wang, Y Zhang, M Wen, HA Mang - Finite Elements in Analysis and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cracking Elements Method (CEM) is a numerical tool for simulation of quasi-
brittle fracture. It neither needs remeshing, nor nodal enrichment, or a complicated crack …

Strong discontinuity embedded approach with standard SOS formulation: Element formulation, energy-based crack-tracking strategy, and validations

Y Zhang, R Lackner, M Zeiml, HA Mang - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Strong Discontinuity embedded Approach (SDA) has proved to be a robust
numerical method for simulating fracture of quasi-brittle materials such as glass and …

An orthotropic damage model for the analysis of masonry structures

L Pelà, M Cervera, P Roca - Construction and Building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical model for nonlinear analysis of masonry structural
elements based on Continuum Damage Mechanics. The material is described at the macro …