A quasicontinuum (QC) method can effectively reduce the computational demand of atomistic simulations by combining continuum and atomistic approaches. In this paper, the [...]

Atomistically based simulations of materials with disordered microstructure often lead to a high number of degrees of freedom (DOFs) and extreme computational costs. The [...]

Damage mechanics coupled with the theory of plasticity is a suitable framework for description of the complex behavior of materials such as concrete, steel, or bone. Howe [...]

Finite element method (FEM) and discrete element method (DEM) are leading strategies for numerical solution of engineering problems of solid phase. Both are applicable in [...]

Continuum damage mechanics provides an appropriate modeling framework for materials weakened by evolving defects. However, local damage models fail to provide an objectiv [...]

Damage mechanics is a suitable framework for description of the behavior of quasibrittle materials. However, the classical theory fails after the loss of ellipticity of t [...]

Dynamic fragmentation (disintegration of continuous body into smaller pieces under dynamic loading) is a physical phenomenon observed in many fields of engineering and sc [...]

This paper deals with a damage-plasticity model combining Mises plasticity with isotropic damage. Due to softening induced by damage growth, the governing differential eq [...]

When describing rheologic processes in concrete, such as creep or relaxation, efficient numerical methods based on the exponential algorithm for a Kelvin or Maxwell chai [...]