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A framework for polyconvex large strain phase-field methods to fracture

C. Hesch, A.J. Gil, R. Ortigosa, M. Dittmann, C. Bilgen, P. Betsch, M. Franke, A. Janz, K. Weinberg, Antonio Gil Orcid Logo

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume: 317, Pages: 649 - 683

Swansea University Author: Antonio Gil Orcid Logo

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Variationally consistent phase-field methods have been shown to be able to predict complex three-dimensional crack patterns. However, current computational methodologies in the context of large deformations lack the necessary numerical stability to ensure robustness in different loading scenarios. I...

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Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
ISSN: 0045-7825
Published: 2017
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31628
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Abstract: Variationally consistent phase-field methods have been shown to be able to predict complex three-dimensional crack patterns. However, current computational methodologies in the context of large deformations lack the necessary numerical stability to ensure robustness in different loading scenarios. In this work, we present a novel formulation for finite strain polyconvex elasticity by introducing a new anisotropic split based on the principal invariants of the right Cauchy-Green tensor, which always ensures polyconvexity of the resulting strain energy function. The presented phase-field approach is embedded in a sophisticated isogeometrical framework with hierarchical refinement for three-dimensional problems using a fourth order Cahn-Hilliard crack density functional with higher-order convergence rates for fracture problems. Additionally, we introduce for the first time a Hu-Washizu mixed variational formulation in the context of phase-field problems, which permits the novel introduction of a variationally consistent stress-driven split. The new polyconvex phase-field fracture formulation guarantees numerical stability for the full range of deformations and for arbitrary hyperelastic materials.
Keywords: Finite deformations; Fracture mechanics; Isogeometric analysis; Phase-field; Polyconvexity
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 649
End Page: 683