Seminar by Laura De Lorenzis from ETH Zürich, entitled “Recent Results on Variational Phase-Field Modeling of Cohesive Fracture” – on Friday, July 10, at 12:30 PM, in the Seminar Room.
Abstract: Variational phase-field models of brittle fracture have proven highly successful for studying Griffith-type crack propagation in complex settings. However, since Griffith’s theory does not incorporate a material strength criterion, these models have limited flexibility in accurately predicting crack nucleation