A variational phase-field model for ductile fracture depending on hydrostatic stresses

Anne-Sophie Sur1,2, Laura De Lorenzis3, Corrado Maurini4

  • 1Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Richard Birkelands vei 1A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.

Meccanica
|October 9, 2025
PubMed
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