Comsol Multiphysics implementation of phase-field cohesive zone models for fracture in multi-physics problems
Note: All the examples have been tested on Comsol Multiphysics 5.6.0.280.
Author: J. Y. Wu ([email protected]) and Chen, W. X. ([email protected])
Date: 19 Jul. 2021
If you want to use these templates (research ONLY), please cite our papers:
Wu, J. Y., 2017. A unified phase-field theory for the mechanics of damage and quasi-brittle failure. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 103: 72-99.
Wu, J. Y., 2018. A geometrically regularized gradient damage model with energetic equivalence. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 328: 612-637.
Wu, J. Y. and Nguyen, V.P., 2018. A length scale insensitive phase-field damage model for brittle fracture. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 119: 20-42.
Wu, J. Y. and Chen, W. X., 2021. Phase-field modeling of electromechanical fracture in piezoelectric solids: Analytical results and numerical simulations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 387: 114125.
Chen, W. X. and Wu, J. Y., 2021. Phase-field cohesive zone modeling of fracture in multi-physics problems and the open-source implementation in Comsol Multiphysics. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, in press.