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This work presents a new adaptive approach for the numerical simulation of a phase-field model for fractures in nearly incompressible solids. In order to cope with locking effects, we use a recently proposed mixed form where we have a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-18 Katrin Mang , Mirjam Walloth , Thomas Wick , Winnifried Wollner

We address in this paper a model for the simulation of turbulent deflagrations in industrial applications. The flow is governed by the Euler equations for a variable composition mixture and the combustion modelling is based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-16 D Grapsas , Raphaèle Herbin , J. -C Latché , Y Nasseri

The enforcement of global energy conservation in phase-field fracture simulations has been an open problem for the last 25 years. Specifically, the occurrence of unstable fracture is accompanied by a loss in total potential energy, which…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-01 Juan Michael Sargado , Joachim Mathiesen

One approach with rising popularity in analyzing time-dependent problems in science and engineering is the so-called space-time finite-element method that utilized finiteelements in both space and time. A common ansatz in this context is to…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Eugen Salzmann , Florian Zwicke , Stefanie Elgeti

We propose a space-time scheme that combines an unfitted finite element method in space with a discontinuous Galerkin time discretisation for the accurate numerical approximation of parabolic problems with moving domains or interfaces. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Santiago Badia , Hridya Dilip , Francesc Verdugo

The paper introduces a new finite element numerical method for the solution of partial differential equations on evolving domains. The approach uses a completely Eulerian description of the domain motion. The physical domain is embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-03 Christoph Lehrenfeld , Maxim A. Olshanskii

This work develops and analyzes a variational-monolithic unfitted finite element formulation of a linear fluid-structure interaction problem in Eulerian coordinates with a fixed interface. The overall discretization is based on a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Stefan Frei , Tobias Knoke , Marc C. Steinbach , Anne-Kathrin Wenske , Thomas Wick

Variational phase-field models of brittle fracture are powerful tools for studying Griffith-type crack propagation in complex scenarios. However, as approximations of Griffith's theory-which does not incorporate a strength criterion-these…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Francesco Vicentini , Jonas Heinzmann , Pietro Carrara , Laura De Lorenzis

This work considers a Stokes flow in a deformable fracture interacting with a linear elastic medium. To this end, we employ a phase-field model to approximate the crack dynamics. Phase-field methods belong to interface-capturing approaches…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-15 Henry von Wahl , Thomas Wick

In this work, we examine a numerical phase-field fracture framework in which the crack irreversibility constraint is treated with a primal-dual active set method and a linearization is used in the degradation function to enhance the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-05 Leon Maximilian Kolditz , Katrin Mang , Thomas Wick

This article initiates the study of space-time adaptive mesh refinements for time-dependent boundary element formulations of wave equations. Based on error indicators of residual type, we formulate an adaptive boundary element procedure for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein , Chiara Guardasoni

The numerical solution of the Stokes equations on an evolving domain with a moving boundary is studied based on the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element method and a second-order projection method along the trajectories of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Qiqi Rao , Jilu Wang , Yupei Xie

This work studies a posteriori error estimates and their use for time-dependent acoustic scattering problems, formulated as a time-dependent boundary integral equation based on a single-layer ansatz. The integral equation is discretized by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Théophile Chaumont-Frelet , Heiko Gimperlein , Ignacio Labarca-Figueroa , Jörg Nick

Fatigue fracture is one of the main causes of failure in structures. However, the simulation of fatigue crack growth is computationally demanding due to the large number of load cycles involved. Metals in the low cycle fatigue range often…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-11-11 Martha Kalina , Tom Schneider , Haim Waisman , Markus Kästner

We propose in this paper an adaptive reduced order modelling technique based on domain partitioning for parametric problems of fracture. We show that coupling domain decomposition and projection-based model order reduction permits to focus…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Pierre Kerfriden , Olivier Goury , Timon Rabczuk , Stephane Pierre-Alain Bordas

We develop a thermodynamically consistent, fractional visco-elasto-plastic model coupled with damage for anomalous materials. The model utilizes Scott-Blair rheological elements for both visco-elastic/plastic parts. The constitutive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Jorge L. Suzuki , Yongtao Zhou , Marta D'Elia , Mohsen Zayernouri

The phase field model is a widely used mathematical approach for describing crack propagation in continuum damage fractures. In the context of phase field fracture simulations, adaptive finite element methods (AFEM) are often employed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-30 Tian Tian , Chen Chunyu , He Liang , Wei Huayi

The method of iterated conformal maps is developed for quasi-static fracture of brittle materials, for all modes of fracture. Previous theory, that was relevant for mode III only, is extended here to mode I and II. The latter require…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Felipe Barra , Anders Levermann , Itamar Procaccia

Fracture of viscoelastic materials is considered to be a complex phenomenon due to their highly rate sensitive behavior. In this context, we are interested in the quasi-static response of a viscoelastic solid subjected to damage. This paper…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Rajasekar Gopalsamy , Nicolas Chevaugeon , Olivier Chupin , Ferhat Hammoum

A novel variational framework to model the fatigue behavior of brittle materials based on a phase-field approach to fracture is presented. The standard regularized free energy functional is modified introducing a fatigue degradation…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-06-04 P. Carrara , M. Ambati , R. Alessi , L. De Lorenzis