Journal
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS
Volume 55, Issue 2, Pages 383-405Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-014-1109-y
Keywords
Phase-field modeling; Brittle fracture; Review; Hybrid formulation; Staggered scheme; FEM
Funding
- European Research Council, ERC Starting Researcher Grant INTERFACES [279439]
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In this contribution we address the issue of efficient finite element treatment for phase-field modeling of brittle fracture. We start by providing an overview of the existing quasi-static and dynamic phase-field fracture formulations from the physics and the mechanics communities. Within the formulations stemming from Griffith's theory, we focus on quasi-static models featuring a tension-compression split, which prevent cracking in compression and interpenetration of the crack faces upon closure, and on the staggered algorithmic implementation due to its proved robustness. In this paper, we establish an appropriate stopping criterion for the staggered scheme. Moreover, we propose and test the so-called hybrid formulation, which leads within a staggered implementation to an incrementally linear problem. This enables a significant reduction of computational cost-about one order of magnitude-with respect to the available (non-linear) models. The conceptual and structural similarities of the hybrid formulation to gradient-enhanced continuum damage mechanics are outlined as well. Several benchmark problems are solved, including one with own experimental verification.
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