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Phase-field modelling of brittle fracture in thin shell elements based on the MITC4+ approach (2020)
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Pillai, U., Triantafyllou, S. P., Ashcroft, I., Essa, Y., & de la Escalera, F. M. (2020). Phase-field modelling of brittle fracture in thin shell elements based on the MITC4+ approach. Computational Mechanics, 65, 1413–1432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-020-01827-z

We present a phase field based MITC4+ shell element formulation to simulate fracture propagation in thin shell structures. The employed MITC4+ approach renders the element shear- and membrane- locking free, hence providing high-fidelity fracture simu... Read More about Phase-field modelling of brittle fracture in thin shell elements based on the MITC4+ approach.