Innovations of advanced materials have been at the core of most engineering technologies,
devices and systems. Composite laminates in particular have been extensively employed in …

Phase field models have become a promising tool in modelling failure processes for various
engineering applications. However, their computational inefficiency has posed challenges …

This work systematically investigates the mixed-mode fracture propagation in functionally
graded materials. The crack trajectory and load–displacement responses were effectively …

This paper presents a novel FE modeling approach based on Moving Mesh technique to
reproduce crack propagation mechanisms in Functionally Graded Materials. The moving …

We present a novel particle-based computational framework for the numerical simulation of
dynamic crack propagation in functionally graded materials under highly dynamic loading …

Phase field models can effectively capture complicated crack evolution characteristics such
as propagation, bifurcating, intersecting and merging. However, the simulation of three …

Crack-direction-based decomposition of elastic strain energy could effectively control the
propagation of tensile and shear cracks in a phase field modelling context. The objective of …

The effect of hydrogen on crack propagation has been studied extensively using various
numerical algorithms. Recently, phase-field models have been developed that can predict …

Using a volumetric–deviatoric decomposition of strain, we propose a novel phase-field
model for thermo-electro-mechanical fracture and provide an open-source finite element …

This study investigates the crack initiation and its progression in two-dimensional
functionally graded (FG) plates under dynamic and quasi-static loading conditions by using …