Phase field cohesive zone modeling for fatigue crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials

authored by: Abedulgader Baktheer, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Fadi Aldakheel
Abstract: The phase field method has gathered significant attention in the past decade due to its versatile applications in engineering contexts, including fatigue crack propagation modeling. Particularly, the phase field cohesive zone method (PF-CZM) has emerged as a promising approach for modeling fracture behavior in quasi-brittle materials, such as concrete. The present contribution expands the applicability of the PF-CZM to include the modeling of fatigue-induced crack propagation. This study critically examines the validity of the extended PF-CZM approach by evaluating its performance across various fatigue behaviors, encompassing hysteretic behavior, S-N curves, fatigue creep curves, and the Paris law. The experimental investigations and validation span a diverse spectrum of loading scenarios, encompassing pre- and post-peak cyclic loading, as well as low- and high-cyclic fatigue loading. The validation process incorporates 2D and 3D boundary value problems, considering mode I and mixed-modes fatigue crack propagation. The results obtained from this study show a wide range of validity, underscoring the remarkable potential of the proposed PF-CZM approach to accurately capture the propagation of fatigue cracks in concrete-like materials. Furthermore, the paper outlines recommendations to improve the predictive capabilities of the model concerning key fatigue characteristics.
Organisation(s): Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics
External Organisation(s): RWTH Aachen University
University of Oxford
Type: Article
Journal: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Volume: 422
ISSN: 0045-7825
Publication date: 15.03.2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, General Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science Applications
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.116834 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{17a8cdb965354e31bd92de1399766a6e,
title = "Phase field cohesive zone modeling for fatigue crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials",
abstract = "The phase field method has gathered significant attention in the past decade due to its versatile applications in engineering contexts, including fatigue crack propagation modeling. Particularly, the phase field cohesive zone method (PF-CZM) has emerged as a promising approach for modeling fracture behavior in quasi-brittle materials, such as concrete. The present contribution expands the applicability of the PF-CZM to include the modeling of fatigue-induced crack propagation. This study critically examines the validity of the extended PF-CZM approach by evaluating its performance across various fatigue behaviors, encompassing hysteretic behavior, S-N curves, fatigue creep curves, and the Paris law. The experimental investigations and validation span a diverse spectrum of loading scenarios, encompassing pre- and post-peak cyclic loading, as well as low- and high-cyclic fatigue loading. The validation process incorporates 2D and 3D boundary value problems, considering mode I and mixed-modes fatigue crack propagation. The results obtained from this study show a wide range of validity, underscoring the remarkable potential of the proposed PF-CZM approach to accurately capture the propagation of fatigue cracks in concrete-like materials. Furthermore, the paper outlines recommendations to improve the predictive capabilities of the model concerning key fatigue characteristics.",
keywords = "Cohesive zone method (CZM), Experimental investigations, Fatigue, Paris law, Phase field modeling (PFM), S-N curves",
author = "Abedulgader Baktheer and Emilio Mart{\'i}nez-Pa{\~n}eda and Fadi Aldakheel",
year = "2024",
month = mar,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.cma.2024.116834",
language = "English",
volume = "422",
journal = "Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering",
issn = "0045-7825",
publisher = "Elsevier",
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