2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024
On the construction of explicit analytical driving forces for crack nucleation in the phase field approach to brittle fracture with application to Mohr-Coulomb and Drucker-Prager strength surfaces
Chockalingam Senthilnathan
A series of recent papers have modified the classical variational phase-field fracture models to successfully predict both the nucleation and propagation of cracks in brittle fract…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024
Cylindrical Cavity Expansion: A Novel Method for Characterizing the Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials
Jian Li, Zihao Xie, Hannah Varner +2
The low elastic modulus of soft materials, combined with geometric nonlinearity and rate dependence, presents significant challenges in the characterization of their mechanical res…