A Phase Field Model of Fracture in Thermoelastic Solids
Application ID: 120931
This model demonstrates how to set up a phase field damage multiphysics model to predict crack propagation in thermoelastic solids under large deformations.
The crack-driving force depends on the principal stresses, which in turn depend on the temperature distribution in the solid through thermal expansion. Damage of the solid material causes a degradation in its thermal conductivity and an increase in heat convection across the newly created crack surfaces.
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