Phase-field model of mode III dynamic fracture

Alain Karma, David A. Kessler, Herbert Levine

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Abstract

A phenomenological continuum model based on the phase-field methodology for mode III dynamic fracture was introduced. A scalar field was coupled to the displacement field, which consistently included microscopic elasticity and rotationally invariant short-scale description of breaking. A two-dimensional simulation that yielded steady-state crack motion in a strip geometry was also reported.

Original languageEnglish
Article number045501
Pages (from-to)455011-455014
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume87
Issue number4
StatePublished - 23 Jul 2001

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