The complex interplay between chemistry, microstructure, and behavior of many
engineering materials has been investigated predominantly by experimental methods …

Review of selected fundamental topics on the interaction between phase transformations,
fracture, and other structural changes in inelastic materials is presented. It mostly focuses on …

The phase-field method is widely established for modeling crack propagation in material
science. It shows good agreement with analytical solutions and is able to describe a …

This contribution presents a diffuse framework for modeling cracks in heterogeneous media.
Interfaces are depicted by static phase-fields. This concept allows the use of non-conforming …

An implementation of the crystal plasticity theory in the context of the multiphase-field
method provides a numerically efficient tracking of evolving grain boundaries, modeled as …

The role of grain boundaries (GBs) and especially the migration of GBs is of utmost
importance in regard of the overall mechanical behavior of polycrystals. By implementing a …

We present an effective mechanical equilibrium solution algorithm suitable for finite strain
consideration within the phase-field method. The proposed algorithm utilizes a Fourier …

The phase field method has been shown to have tremendous potential to serve as a
continuum modeling approach of microstructural evolution mechanisms in many contexts …

Computational models based on the phase-field method have become an essential tool in
material science and physics in order to investigate materials with complex microstructures …

A novel Calphad coupled mechano-chemical phase-field model is presented which in
addition to chemo-elastic contributions to the driving force further includes mechano …