Organizers:
- Trisha Sain, Michigan Technological University
- Aditya Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Reza Abedi, University of Tennessee Knoxville
- N. Sukumar, University of California Davis
Description:
Over the past few decades, many advanced analytical and computational methods have been developed for the modeling of fracture, and fatigue in different materials for a wide range of applications. Recent focus has been on the study of failure in soft materials like elastomers and gels, biological tissues, fiber composites, nanocomposites, and architected materials. Multiscale analysis aimed at gaining an understanding of how macroscopic fracture properties emerge from the molecular and microstructure scale has also gained significant attention. At a theoretical level, regularized phase-field fracture models have proven remarkably capable of handling realistically complex fracture phenomena across various settings.
In this context, this Mini-Symposium welcomes contributions on theoretical and computational modeling models of fracture and fatigue (including brittle, cohesive, and ductile fracture) in hard solids ― such as ceramics, glasses, and metals ― and soft solids ― such as elastomers, hydrogels, and biological tissues as well as composites with hard or soft constituents. Research results on basic aspects of fracture formulations, their numerical implementation with standard or X/G-FEM or meshless methods (e.g., particle and material point methods), extensions to novel and/or more complex multiphysics settings, and relevant applications are all welcome. Contributions in reduced order modeling and machine learning techniques with application to fracture are also encouraged.