Speakers
Blaise Bourdin
Blaise Bourdin
McMaster University
Canada
McMaster University
Canada
5 lectures on:
Variational formulation of brittle fracture.
Variational formulation of brittle fracture.
Sharp-crack energy minimisation with a pre-assigned crack path, then the general case where the path is unknown a priori, followed by an introduction to the regularized (phase-field) models.
Laura De Lorenzis
Laura De Lorenzis
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
5 lectures on:
Variational formulation of gradient damage models.
Variational formulation of gradient damage models.
Optimal damage profile and homogeneous evolution in 1D, crack nucleation as loss of stability, the effect of energy decompositions under multi-axial stress, and numerical aspects.
Jack Hale
Jack Hale
Université du Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
Université du Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
5 lectures on:
Numerical implementation of phase-field fracture models.
Numerical implementation of phase-field fracture models.
Introduction to FEniCS and parallel computing with MPI, elasticity, plasticity and variational inequalities, the alternate minimization solver, and hands-on numerical examples.
Flaviana Iurlano
Flaviana Iurlano
University of Genoa
Italy
University of Genoa
Italy
5 lectures on:
An introduction to the mathematical aspects of phase-field models.
An introduction to the mathematical aspects of phase-field models.
Gamma-convergence explained for non-mathematicians, phase-field models for phase transitions, and their application to fracture and free-discontinuity problems.
Jean-Jacques Marigo
Jean-Jacques Marigo
LMS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CNRS, Palaiseau
France
LMS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CNRS, Palaiseau
France
5 lectures on:
Variational approach to damage and plasticity.
Variational approach to damage and plasticity.
Construction of local brittle damage models, the variational approach to damage and the transition to non-local gradient models, plus the variational approach to plasticity.
Corrado Maurini
Corrado Maurini
Sorbonne Université
France
Sorbonne Université
France
5 lectures on: V
ariational approach to coupled damage and plasticity models.
ariational approach to coupled damage and plasticity models.
Coupling damage and plasticity, cohesive fracture and its equivalent phase-field law, plus an overview of current research topics and open issues.