3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Nucleation and propagation of fracture in viscoelastic elastomers: A complete phase-field theory
Farhad Kamarei, Evan Breedlove, Oscar Lopez-Pamies
This paper presents a macroscopic theory, alongside its numerical implementation, aimed at describing, explaining, and predicting the nucleation and propagation of fracture in visc…
cond-mat.soft2025
Validating Griffith fracture propagation in the phase-field approach to fracture: The case of Mode III by means of the trousers test
F. Kamarei, E. Breedlove, O. Lopez-Pamies
At present, there is an abundance of results showing that the phase-field approach to fracture in elastic brittle materials -- when properly accounting for material strength -- des…
cond-mat.soft2023
Cavitation in elastomers: A review of the evidence against elasticity
Evan Breedlove, Chao Chen, David Lindeman +1
In spite of the growing body of evidence against it, the elasticity view of the phenomenon of cavitation in elastomers continues to be utilized in numerous studies. In this context…