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Phase-field fracture irreversibility using the slack variable approach
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this manuscript, the phase-field fracture irreversibility constraint is transformed into an equality-based constraint using the slack variable approach. The equality-based fracture irreversibility constraint is then introduced in the phase-field fracture energy functional using the Lagrange Multiplier Method and the Penalty method. Both methods are variationally consistent with the conventional variational inequality phase-field fracture problem, unlike the history-variable approach. Thereafter, numerical experiments are carried out on benchmark problems in brittle and quasi-brittle fracture to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method.
- Subjects :
- Mathematics - Numerical Analysis
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2202.10040
- Document Type :
- Working Paper