Ultra-high-temperature materials have applications in aerospace and nuclear industry. They
are usually subjected to complex thermal environments during service. The mechanical …

Realizing higher operating temperatures to increase efficiency of future applications for
energy conversion and storage while minimizing cost is a challenge for development of high …

The phase-field method has become an important and extremely versatile technique for
simulating microstructure evolution at the mesoscale. Thanks to the diffuse-interface …

New perspectives on the phase field approach in modeling deformation and fracture at the
fundamental defect level are reviewed. When applied at sub-angstrom length scales the …

A phase field theory for modeling deformation and fracture of single crystals, polycrystals,
and grain boundaries is developed. Anisotropies of elastic coefficients and fracture surface …

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 …

Fracture is a fundamental mechanism of materials failure. Propagating cracks can exhibit a
rich dynamical behavior controlled by a subtle interplay between microscopic failure …

The phase field microelasticity theory of a three-dimensional elastically anisotropic solid of
arbitrarily inhomogeneous modulus also containing arbitrary structural inhomogeneities is …

During the failure process of quasi-brittle materials such as rock, a fracture process zone
(FPZ) can easily develop ahead of a crack tip, significantly affecting the strength and stability …

We examine the equilibrium morphology of Al 2 Cu (θ′) precipitates in Al-Cu alloys using a
phase field method with the parameters supplied by first-principles density functional theory …