Fracture Across Scales and Materials, Processes and Disciplines

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Dissemination and Outreach Plan.

Dissemination and Outreach Plan.

Develop relevant courses and workshops to aid knowledge transfer and advancement of the field.

Develop relevant courses and workshops to aid knowledge transfer and advancement of the field. Courses will include: a two day course on ‘Gradient Elasticity’ (USFD), an introductory one-week course on ‘Configurational Mechanics’ (FAU) and a workshop on ‘Modelling Fracture Across the Scales’.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Gradient elasticity and dispersive wave propagation: Model motivation and length scale identification procedures in concrete and composite laminates

Author(s): Dario De Domenico, Harm Askes, Elias C. Aifantis
Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2018, ISSN 0020-7683
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.09.007

On stochastic resonance in a model of double diffusion

Author(s): Amit K. Chattopadhyay, Xi He, A.-A. Tsambali, A. A. Konstantinidis, E. C. Aifantis
Published in: Materials Science and Technology, Issue 34/13, 2018, Page(s) 1606-1613, ISSN 0267-0836
DOI: 10.1080/02670836.2018.1507697

Gradient elasticity and size effect for the borehole problem

Author(s): Haoxiang Chen, Chengzhi Qi, G. Efremidis, M. Dorogov, E. C. Aifantis
Published in: Acta Mechanica, Issue 229/8, 2018, Page(s) 3305-3318, ISSN 0001-5970
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-018-2109-3

Avalanche Behavior in Creep Failure of Disordered Materials

Author(s): D. F. Castellanos, M. Zaiser
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 121/12, 2018, ISSN 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.125501

Determining Cosserat constants of 2D cellular solids from beam models

Author(s): Stefan Liebenstein, Michael Zaiser
Published in: Materials Theory, Issue 2/1, 2018, ISSN 2509-8012
DOI: 10.1186/s41313-017-0009-x

Avalanche precursors of failure in hierarchical fuse networks

Author(s): Paolo Moretti, Bastien Dietemann, Nosaibeh Esfandiary, Michael Zaiser
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 8/1, 2018, ISSN 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30539-x

Influence of the local mass density variation on the fracture behavior of fiber network materials

Author(s): V. Krasnoshlyk, S. Rolland du Roscoat, P.J.J. Dumont, P. Isaksson
Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Issue 138, 2018, Page(s) 236-244, ISSN 0020-7683
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.01.016

Multi-scale approach for strength properties estimation in functional materials

Author(s): I. M. Gitman, A. V. Klyuev, M. B. Gitman, V. Yu. Stolbov
Published in: ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Issue 98/6, 2018, Page(s) 945-953, ISSN 0044-2267
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.201700265

Methodology to estimate the minimum number of experiments and key microstructural parameters in macroscopic strength properties evaluation

Author(s): I. M. Gitman, M. B. Gitman, V. Yu. Stolbov, S. E. Batin, D. A. Boyarshinov
Published in: ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Issue 99/3, 2019, Page(s) e201800259, ISSN 0044-2267
DOI: 10.1002/zamm.201800259

A gradient-enriched continuum model for magneto-elastic coupling: Formulation, finite element implementation and in-plane problems

Author(s): Mingxiu Xu, Inna M. Gitman, Harm Askes
Published in: Computers & Structures, Issue 212, 2019, Page(s) 275-288, ISSN 0045-7949
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.11.004

Crack dynamics and crack tip shielding in a material containing pores analysed by a phase field method

Author(s): Jenny Carlsson, Per Isaksson
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 206, 2019, Page(s) 526-540, ISSN 0013-7944
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.11.013

Capturing slip band formation in Ni 3 Al nanocubes during compression

Author(s): Avraam A. Konstantinidis, Katerina E. Aifantis
Published in: Materials Science and Technology, Issue 35/5, 2019, Page(s) 571-576, ISSN 0267-0836
DOI: 10.1080/02670836.2019.1572688

A note on the defect sensitivity of brittle solid foams

Author(s): Shaohui Chen, Per Isaksson
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 206, 2019, Page(s) 541-550, ISSN 0013-7944
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.11.012