NUMERICAL ASSESSMENT OF PHASE-FIELD APPROACH IN WESTERGAARD’S PROBLEM UNDER MIXED MODE LOADING

Assessment of phase-field numerical errors to classical Griffith’s theory is essential to obtain feasible solutions which do not require an excessive computational cost. This work analyses the phase-field fracture approach to Westergaard’s problem in terms of crack growth initiation under mode I and mixed mode I+II loading conditions.
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