A generalised phase field model for fatigue crack growth in elastic-plastic solids with an efficient monolithic solver
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Author(s)
Khalil, Z
Elghazouli, AY
Martínez-Pañeda, E
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present a generalised phase field-based formulation for predicting fatigue crack growth in metals. The theoretical framework aims at covering a wide range of material behaviour. Different fatigue degradation functions are considered and their influence is benchmarked against experiments. The phase field constitutive theory accommodates the so-called AT1, AT2 and phase field-cohesive zone (PF-CZM) models. In regards to material deformation, both non-linear kinematic and isotropic hardening are considered, as well as the combination of the two. Moreover, a monolithic solution scheme based on quasi-Newton algorithms is presented and shown to significantly outperform staggered approaches. The potential of the computational framework is demonstrated by investigating several 2D and 3D boundary value problems of particular interest. Constitutive and numerical choices are compared and insight is gained into their differences and similarities. The framework enables predicting fatigue crack growth in arbitrary geometries and for materials exhibiting complex (cyclic) deformation and damage responses. The finite element code developed is made freely available at www.empaneda.com/codes.
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Date Acceptance
2021-10-20
Citation
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2022, 388, pp.1-22
ISSN
0045-7825
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
22
Journal / Book Title
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Volume
388
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Identifier
http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.10425v1
Grant Number
EP/V009680/1
RF496/2018
Subjects
cs.CE
cs.CE
Article Number
114286
Date Publish Online
2021-11-11