Material point method for crack propagation in anisotropic media: a phase field approach

A novel phase field formulation implemented within a material point method setting is developed to address brittle fracture simulation in anisotropic media. The case of strong anisotropy in the crack surface energy is treated by considering an appropriate variational, i.e., phase field approach. Mat...

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Main Authors: Kakouris, E.G., Triantafyllou, S.P.
Format: Article
Published: Springer 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43715/