Nonlocal operator method for dynamic brittle fracture based on an explicit phase field model

authored by: Xiaoying Zhuang, Huilong Ren, Timon Rabczuk
Abstract: In this work, we present a nonlocal operator method (NOM) for dynamic fracture exploiting an explicit phase field model. The nonlocal strong forms of the phase field and the associated mechanical model are derived as integral forms by variational principle. The equations are decoupled and solved in time by an explicit scheme employing the Verlet-velocity algorithm for the mechanical field and an adaptive sub-step scheme for the phase field model. The sub-step scheme reduces phase field residual adaptively in a few substeps and thus achieves a rate-independent phase field model. The explicit scheme avoids the calculation of the anisotropic stiffness tensor in the implicit phase field model. One advantage of the NOM is its ease in implementation. The method does not require any shape functions and the associated matrices and vectors are obtained automatically after defining the energy of the system. Hence, the approach can be easily extended to more complex coupled problems. Several numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the performance of the current method.
Organisation(s): Institute of Continuum Mechanics
External Organisation(s): Tongji University
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Ton Duc Thang University
Type: Article
Journal: European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids
Volume: 90
ISSN: 0997-7538
Publication date: 11.2021
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Materials Science(all), Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy(all)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104380 (Access: Closed)
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BibTeX

@article{1c0efe34a6d14a39ace427129cc04c81,
title = "Nonlocal operator method for dynamic brittle fracture based on an explicit phase field model",
abstract = "In this work, we present a nonlocal operator method (NOM) for dynamic fracture exploiting an explicit phase field model. The nonlocal strong forms of the phase field and the associated mechanical model are derived as integral forms by variational principle. The equations are decoupled and solved in time by an explicit scheme employing the Verlet-velocity algorithm for the mechanical field and an adaptive sub-step scheme for the phase field model. The sub-step scheme reduces phase field residual adaptively in a few substeps and thus achieves a rate-independent phase field model. The explicit scheme avoids the calculation of the anisotropic stiffness tensor in the implicit phase field model. One advantage of the NOM is its ease in implementation. The method does not require any shape functions and the associated matrices and vectors are obtained automatically after defining the energy of the system. Hence, the approach can be easily extended to more complex coupled problems. Several numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the performance of the current method.",
keywords = "Dual-horizon peridynamics, Explicit phase field, Integral form, Nonlocal operator, Nonlocal strong form",
author = "Xiaoying Zhuang and Huilong Ren and Timon Rabczuk",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the supports from the the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program: 2011CB013800 ) and NSFC ( 51474157 ), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. SLDRCE14-B-28 , SLDRCE14-B-31 ). All authors approved the version of the manuscript to be published. ",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104380",
language = "English",
volume = "90",
journal = "European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids",
issn = "0997-7538",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}