A comparative assessment of different adaptive spatial refinement strategies in phase-field fracture models for brittle fracture

For the smeared approximation of a discrete crack, phase-field fracture simulations of brittle materials require suitable finite element meshes in regions where crack propagation is expected to get an accurate resolution of the phase-field function. The straightforward option is to pre-refine the me...

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Main Authors: Maurice Rohracker, Paras Kumar, Julia Mergheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Forces in Mechanics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666359722000853