Gradient damage models as phase-field models of brittle fracture

Here are some exemples of the numerical solution of the quasi-static evolution problem for gradient damage models, and show how they can be used to solve brittle fracture problems. The repository is on Github by Prof.Corrado Maurini at Sorbonne Université.

Prof.Corrado Maurini
💻The repository: damage-course
📰Further informations about this model: Marigo, J.-J., Maurini, C., & Pham, K. (2016). An overview of the modelling of fracture by gradient damage models. Meccanica, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-016-0538

📐In this blog, I run the examples from Prof.Corrado Maurini's repository and explained them according to my understanding. Feel free to point out any issues and discuss with me.
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