Variational Formulation and Numerical Solution Techniques for the Phase-field Approach to Fracture KU Leuven
In order to use materials more efficiently, there is a growing tendency to narrow safety margins in structural design by taking non-linear material behavior into account, allowing to subject materials closer to their ultimate strength. A thorough understanding of the behavior of materials at such high load levels requires constitutive models which can accurately describe phenomena such as, for instance, plasticity and fracture. While a ...