Heterogeneous materials with randomly distributed pores are ubiquitous, such as sintered
silver nanoparticles, concrete materials, 3D printed polymers, and natural bones. Recent …

This contribution explores three thermodynamically-consistent damage phase-field
formulations for rate-dependent dynamic fracture in viscoelastic materials. By means of a …

A theoretical-computational framework is proposed for predicting the failure behavior of two
anisotropic brittle materials, namely, single crystal magnesium and boron carbide …

Dynamic failure in advanced ceramic materials is a complex mechanical phenomenon,
which is challenging to study in experimental and computational works. This work models …

Research on nanocellular foams is motivated in part by the promise of physical properties, in
particular mechanical properties, that can go beyond the classical mechanical framework …

To study the discrete crack growth of heterogeneous materials, a dual-scale discrete fracture
calculation method is proposed in this paper. An equivalent cohesive energy criterion is …

This paper presents a rigorous derivation of equations to evaluate the macroscopic stress
tensor, the couple stress tensor, and the flux vector equivalent to underlying microscopic …

In this work, the basic relationships of the local gradient approach in thermomechanics are
used to build a model that accounts for the roughness of an actual body surface. This is …

In this paper, we present a new and efficient strategy to perform 3D computational fracture
modeling from computed tomography (CT) images. The image-based fracture modeling …

Using the criterion that a crack will extend along the direction of maximum circumferential
stress, this paper demonstrates the influence of the coupling between the crack-parallel T …