Fracture modeling of brittle biomaterials by the phase-field method

Biomaterials have been extensively used in prosthetic applications for their proven biocompatibility and osseointegration characteristics. Nevertheless, one of the critical issues of some synthetic biomaterials is brittleness prone to experience fracture failure due to low tensile strength and low fracture toughness. This study aims to employ a recently-developed phase-field model to simulate the crack propagation in brittle biomaterials. Unlike...