Phase-field methods to regularize sharp interfaces represent a well established technique
nowadays. In fracture mechanics, recent works have shown the capability of the method for …

For various engineering applications, the analysis and prediction of damage onset and
propagation within ductile materials under thermo-mechanical loading conditions play a …

Size effects and thermal effects together determine the microscale plastic response of
metallic structures in high-integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) at different …

The coupled thermo-mechanical strain gradient plasticity theory that accounts for micro-
structure based size effects is outlined within this work. This incorporates spatial gradients of …

Solving transient heat transfer equations is required to understand the evolution of
temperature and heat flux. This physics is highly dependent on the materials and …

The coupled thermo-mechanical strain gradient plasticity theory that accounts for
microstructure-based size effects is outlined within this work. It extends the recent work of …

During most metal manufacturing processes, the medium deforms by generating large
quantities of plastic strain at relatively high strain rates, inevitably inducing rises in …

In this contribution, a model for the thermomechanically coupled behaviour of case
hardening steel is introduced with application to 16MnCr5 (1.7131). The model is based on …

Industrial forming processes depend on several physical effects, including large deformation
thermomechanical damage, localized near the contact zone of the forming tools. The main …

Metal forming processes require wear-resistant tool surfaces in order to ensure a long life
cycle of the expensive tools together with a constant high quality of the produced …