A thermo-mechanical phase-field fracture model: Application to hot cracking simulations in additive manufacturing

H Ruan, S Rezaei, Y Yang, D Gross, BX Xu - Journal of the Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal fracture is prevalent in many engineering problems and is one of the most
devastating defects in metal additive manufacturing. Due to the interactive underlying …

Mixed formulation of physics‐informed neural networks for thermo‐mechanically coupled systems and heterogeneous domains

A Harandi, A Moeineddin, M Kaliske… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Physics‐informed neural networks (PINNs) are a new tool for solving boundary value
problems by defining loss functions of neural networks based on governing equations …

Learning solutions of thermodynamics-based nonlinear constitutive material models using physics-informed neural networks

S Rezaei, A Moeineddin, A Harandi - Computational Mechanics, 2024 - Springer
We applied physics-informed neural networks to solve the constitutive relations for
nonlinear, path-dependent material behavior. As a result, the trained network not only …

[HTML][HTML] Fracture behavior of anisotropic 3D-printed parts: Experiments and numerical simulations

MR Khosravani, S Rezaei, H Ruan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The extrusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) is currently the most common there-
dimensional (3D) printing for the fabrication of polymer components. In this study, the …

On the convexity of phase-field fracture formulations: Analytical study and comparison of various degradation functions

L Svolos, JYN Plohr, G Manzini, HM Mourad - International Journal of Non …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient and accurate fracture modeling is of great importance in applications where
catastrophic outcomes under extreme scenarios are possible. The phase-field (PF) …

An efficient adaptive length scale insensitive phase-field model for three-dimensional fracture of solids using trilinear multi-node elements

Q Yue, Q Wang, W Zhou, T Rabczuk, X Zhuang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a diffused fracture theory, phase-field models can seamlessly simulate complex crack
patterns such as extending, branching, and merging. Despite the success of phase-field …

[HTML][HTML] A modified phase-field model for cohesive interface failure in quasi-brittle solids

S Liu, Y Wang, W Wu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
We formulate a modified phase-field model for cohesive interface failure in quasi-brittle
solids. Our model has two novel features:(i) a traction–separation-damage law for damage …

A cohesive phase-field fracture model for chemo-mechanical environments: Studies on degradation in battery materials

S Rezaei, JN Okoe-Amon, CA Varkey, A Asheri… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of computational modeling of fracture in chemo-mechanical environments,
physically-sound and strong coupling between different fields is essential. Furthermore, our …

Phase field fracture model for additively manufactured metallic materials

C Li, J Fang, Y Wan, N Qiu, G Steven, Q Li - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase field models have been extensively studied in the analysis of ductile fracture.
However, few have been explored to simulate additively manufactured materials and …

Electro-chemo-mechanical induced fracture modeling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis for sustainable hydrogen production

F Aldakheel, C Kandekar, B Bensmann, H Dal… - Computer Methods in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work provides a framework for predicting fracture of catalyst coated membrane (CCM)
due to coupled electro-chemo-mechanical degradation processes in proton exchange …