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Coupling damage and cohesive zone models with the Thick Level Set approach to fracture

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Abstract This paper couples bulk damage modeling and cohesive zone modeling to get the benefits of both. Damage brings the directionality for the crack propagation as well as the possibility… Click to show full abstract

Abstract This paper couples bulk damage modeling and cohesive zone modeling to get the benefits of both. Damage brings the directionality for the crack propagation as well as the possibility of crack branching while cohesive zone modeling allows for an explicit discrete crack modeling. The coupling is made easy through the Thick Level Set approach. The originality is that the coupling induces concurrent development of bulk and interface degradation.

Keywords: zone; cohesive zone; thick level; set approach; damage; level set

Journal Title: Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Year Published: 2018

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