Bradley Sims bradley.sims@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
An investigation into the methods for modelling pre-existing cracks in phase field problems
Sims, B.; Bird, R.E.; Giani, S.; Coombs, W.M.
Authors
Dr Robert Bird robert.e.bird@durham.ac.uk
PDRA in Computational Solid Mechanics
Dr Stefano Giani stefano.giani@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Professor William Coombs w.m.coombs@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
Phase field (PF) models are an increasingly popular method of numerically modelling fracture problems. While research has focused on the practical applications and computational efficiency of PF methods, little discussion exists around the merits of different methods of prescribing initial cracks in PF fracture problems. This paper presents a comparison of three methods for modelling pre-existing cracks, through Dirichlet-type PF boundary conditions, an initial strain history term, and through physical discontinuities in the mesh. The comparison is made using the load-displacement responses for a common tensile benchmark fracture problem.
Citation
Sims, B., Bird, R., Giani, S., & Coombs, W. (2023). An investigation into the methods for modelling pre-existing cracks in phase field problems.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (Published) |
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Conference Name | UKACM 2023 |
Start Date | Apr 19, 2023 |
End Date | Apr 21, 2023 |
Acceptance Date | Feb 28, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jul 12, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 12, 2023 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1133575 |
Publisher URL | https://sites.google.com/view/ukacm2023conference |
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