The shifted fracture method (SFM) is an embedded method that enables sharp crack representations while using mesh-fitted data structures. In the SFM, the true crack is embedded in the computational grid, but the crack ...

Phase-field models for brittle fracture consider smeared representations of cracks, which are described by a continuous field that varies abruptly in the transition zone between unbroken and broken states. Computationally, ...

A new continuous-discontinuous strategy to describe failure of quasi-brittle materials is presented. For the early stages of the failure process, a gradient-enhanced model based on smoothed displacements is employed. As ...

A new adaptive refinement strategy for phase-field models of brittle fracture is proposed. The approach provides a computationally efficient solution to the high demand in spatial resolution of phase-field models. The ...

Fracture mechanics is a field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks originated in different materials. This field has achieved great popularity in recent years, due to the massive interest of ...

Els models de phase-field poden reproduir la propagació de fractures en diferents materials. En aquest treball, es desenvolupa una eina computacional per trobar la solució del model de phase-field dinàmic usant el mètode ...

Flexoelectricity is a universal property of all dielectrics by which they generate a voltage in response to an inhomogeneous deformation. One of the controversial issues in this field concerns the magnitude of flexoelectric ...

We propose a new framework for fracture mechanics, based on the idea of an approximate fracture geometry representation combined with approximate interface conditions. Our approach evolves from the shifted interface method, ...