A framework to model the fatigue behavior of brittle materials based on a variational phase-field approach

Volume: 361, Pages: 112731 - 112731
Published: Apr 1, 2020
Abstract
A novel variational framework to model the fatigue behavior of brittle materials based on a phase-field approach to fracture is presented. The standard regularized free energy functional is modified introducing a fatigue degradation function that effectively reduces the fracture toughness as a proper history variable accumulates. This macroscopic approach allows to reproduce the main known features of fatigue crack growth in brittle materials....
Paper Details
Title
A framework to model the fatigue behavior of brittle materials based on a variational phase-field approach
Published Date
Apr 1, 2020
Volume
361
Pages
112731 - 112731
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