Innovations of advanced materials have been at the core of most engineering technologies,
devices and systems. Composite laminates in particular have been extensively employed in …

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a non-destructive technique that offers a 3D insight into
the microstructure of thick (opaque) samples with virtually no preliminary sample …

Abstract 3D imaging has become popular for analyzing material microstructures. When time
lapse series of 3D pictures are acquired during a single experiment, it is possible to …

The problem of a crack im**ing on an interface has been thoroughly investigated in the
last three decades due to its important role in the mechanics and physics of solids. In the …

Cement-based materials are generally highly heterogeneous, and their material properties
are strongly affected by the characteristics and spatial distributions of each constituent …

One major merit of phase-field models for fracture is that cracks nucleation, propagation,
branching, merging, coalescence and even fragmentation, etc., can be accounted for …

A new multi-phase-field method is developed for modeling the fracture of polycrystals at the
microstructural level. Inter and transgranular cracking, as well as anisotropic effects of both …

Despite the high microstructural heterogeneity of fiber-reinforced composites, few modeling
framework provides a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the failure mechanisms …

Efficiency has long been a bottleneck for peridynamics simulation as compared to the grid-
based methods. This paper proposes a super-fast peridynamic (SFPD) model for crack and …

Crack nucleation and propagation in concrete is significantly affected by mesoscopic
heterogeneities, resulting in distinct failure modes and mechanical behavior. In this work, the …