The study of inclusions is of significance to the development of advanced materials for
aerospace, marine, automotive and many other applications. This is because the presence …

This paper provides a detailed review of the global/local non-intrusive coupling algorithm.
Such method allows to alter a global finite element model, without actually modifying its …

In 3D fracture modeling, the complexity of the evolving crack geometry during propagation
raises challenges in stress analysis because the accuracy of results mainly relies on the …

A phase-field approach was used in order to model the complex mechanisms of fatigue
crack nucleation and growth. This popular method enables a flexible framework that …

A full three dimensional study of a fatigue crack in cast iron is presented. This analysis
involves combining various tools, namely, Synchrotron X-ray microtomography of an in situ …

SUMMARY A method for two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional crack propagation that
combines the advantages of explicit and implicit crack descriptions is presented. An implicit …

The present paper is concerned with numerical simulation of two-dimensional (2-D) cracks
and material interfaces by an effective computational approach. A local mesh refinement in …

In this work, a simple and efficient approach based on extended finite element method
(XFEM) has been presented to simulate three-dimensional fatigue crack growth simulations …

This paper presents a generalized finite element method (GFEM) based on the solution of
interdependent global (structural) and local (crack)‐scale problems. The local problems …

In this work, a homogenized XFEM approach has been proposed to evaluate the fatigue life
of an edge crack plate in the presence of discontinuities (holes, inclusions and minor …