Finite Element Analysis for Brittle and Ductile Fracture Using a Unified Cohesive Zone Model

Finite Element Model for Brittle Fracture and Fragmentation

A new computational model for brittle fracture and fragmentation has been developed based on finite element analysis of non-linear elasticity equations. The proposed model propagates the cracks by splitting the mesh nodes alongside the most over-strained edges based on the principal direction of strain tensor. To prevent elements from overlapping and folding under large deformations, robust geo...

A Fracture Model Applied to the Ductile/Brittle Regime

Engineering ductile fracture in brittle-matrix composites

This letter describes a newly discovered phenomenon: ductile fracture in cementitious materials. The brittle nature of materials such as concrete and ceramics has prompted the development of various approaches to enhance their fracture toughness. Fibre reinforcement has been the common focus in the toughening of the brittle materials. Two types of fracture have been observed to date in cementit...

Fracture Analysis of Adhesive Joints Using Intrinsic Cohesive Zone Models

In this paper Cohesive Zone Model (CZM) concepts are applied in order to study mode I fracture in a pre-cracked bonded Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) specimen. A cohesive surface element is implemented in a Finite Element commercial code using intrinsic cohesive zone models: exponential, bilinear and trapezoidal traction-separation laws. The sensitivity of cohesive zone parameters in predicting t...

Brittle fracture during folding of rocks: A finite element study

Brittle fracture during folding of rocks: A finite element study P. Jäger a; S. M. Schmalholz b; D. W. Schmid c; E. Kuhl d a Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany b Geological Institute, Zürich, Switzerland c Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway d Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, St...