Rate-independent systems

A Mielke, T Roubíček - Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Our work on rate-independent systems was stimulated by our search for evolutionary
material models for shape-memory alloys that are flexible enough to encompass nonlinear …

Γ-limits and relaxations for rate-independent evolutionary problems

A Mielke, T Roubíček, U Stefanelli - Calculus of Variations and Partial …, 2008 - Springer
This work uses the energetic formulation of rate-independent systems that is based on the
stored-energy functionals E and the dissipation distance D. For sequences (E _k) _ k ∈ N …

[HTML][HTML] Stochastic phase-field modeling of brittle fracture: computing multiple crack patterns and their probabilities

T Gerasimov, U Römer, J Vondřejc, HG Matthies… - Computer Methods in …, 2020 - Elsevier
In variational phase-field modeling of brittle fracture, the functional to be minimized is not
convex, so that the necessary stationarity conditions of the functional may admit multiple …

Structural origin of reversible martensitic transformation and reversible twinning in NiTi shape memory alloy

B Li, Y Shen, Q An - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Much progress has been made over the past few decades in resolving the mechanism for
the transformation from ordered body-centered-cubic (B2) austenite to monoclinic martensite …

An asymmetric elasto-plastic phase-field model for shape memory effect, pseudoelasticity and thermomechanical training in polycrystalline shape memory alloys

C Cissé, MA Zaeem - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose an elasto-plastic phase-field model (PFM) to conduct the first microscopic
computational study of shape memory effect (SME), pseudoelasticity, stress assisted two …

Nonsmooth analysis of doubly nonlinear evolution equations

A Mielke, R Rossi, G Savaré - Calculus of Variations and Partial …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper we analyze a broad class of abstract doubly nonlinear evolution equations in
Banach spaces, driven by nonsmooth and nonconvex energies. We provide some general …

Micromechanical modeling of stress-induced phase transformations. Part 1. Thermodynamics and kinetics of coupled interface propagation and reorientation

VI Levitas, IB Ozsoy - International Journal of Plasticity, 2009 - Elsevier
The universal (ie independent of the constitutive equations) thermodynamic driving force for
coherent interface reorientation during first-order phase transformations in solids is derived …

A class of minimum principles for characterizing the trajectories and the relaxation of dissipative systems

A Mielke, M Ortiz - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of …, 2008 - cambridge.org
This work is concerned with the reformulation of evolutionary problems in a weak form
enabling consideration of solutions that may exhibit evolving microstructures. This …

Differential, energetic, and metric formulations for rate-independent processes

S Bianchini, EA Carlen, A Mielke, C Villani… - Nonlinear PDE's and …, 2011 - Springer
In these notes we want to give an overview of the recently developed theory for rate-
independent systems. Such systems are used to model hysteresis, dry friction …

A phase field model for the formation and evolution of martensitic laminate microstructure at finite strains

FE Hildebrand, C Miehe - Philosophical Magazine, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The extraordinary properties of shape-memory alloys stem from the formation and evolution
of their complex microstructure. At lower temperatures, this microstructure typically consists …