UGUCA: A spectral-boundary-integral method for modeling fracture and friction

Kammer, David S.; Albertini, Gabriele; Ke, Chun Yu

Abstract

Uguca is a C++ parallel implementation of the spectral-boundary-integral method to model the dynamic failure of interfaces between two elastic half-spaces. Due to its computational efficiency, uguca is suitable for fundamental research on dynamic fracture mechanics, decohesion of composite interfaces, and the onset of frictional sliding. Therefore, its potential applications range from engineering sciences to earthquake mechanics modeling. The code architecture of uguca enables straight-forward implementation of additional constitutive interface laws, which provides the user with the option of tailoring the interface mechanics to the physics of their interest.

Citation

Kammer, D. S., Albertini, G., & Ke, C. Y. (2021). UGUCA: A spectral-boundary-integral method for modeling fracture and friction. SoftwareX, 15, Article 100785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100785

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 27, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jul 27, 2021
• Publication Date: Jul 27, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 7, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 14, 2023
• Journal: SoftwareX
• Print ISSN: 2352-7110
• Electronic ISSN: 2352-7110
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Article Number: 100785
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100785
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/24059033
• Publisher URL: https://www.softxjournal.com/article/S2352-7110(21)00095-9/fulltext