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Investigation on the Effect of Material Mismatch Between Two Dissimilar Materials Using an Adaptive Phase-field Method

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This paper uses an adaptive phase-field model to investigate the influence of material mismatch on fracture propagation in bi-material systems. We begin by simulating a model with mismatches in elastic stiffness and fracture toughness to explore the competition between crack deflection and penetration at the material interface. Next, we examine the interaction between elastic stiffness mismatch and fracture toughness mismatch and its impact on crack propagation behavior. We then explore the effect of interface inclination on crack propagation in a bi-material model. Finally, we study the influence of interface strength on fracture propagation. Through this numerical study, we provide valuable insights into different fracture patterns and failure mechanisms in bi-material systems.

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Chandrasekhar Annavarapu gratefully acknowledges the support from the Science and Engineering Research Board under the Start-up Research Grant SP21221642CESERB008957. The support from the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and IIT Madras to the Subsurface Mechanics and Geo-Energy Laboratory under the grant SB20210856CEMHRD008957 is also gratefully acknowledged. Antonio Rodríguez-Ferran gratefully acknowledges the appointment as Visiting Faculty Fellow of IIT Madras (grant SB20210856CEMHRD008957) and the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grant PID2020-116141GB-I00).

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    Salman Khan, Chandrasekhar Annavarapu & Antonio Rodríguez-Ferran

  2. Laboratori de Càlcul Numèric (LaCàN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Antonio Rodríguez-Ferran

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Khan, S., Annavarapu, C. & Rodríguez-Ferran, A. Investigation on the Effect of Material Mismatch Between Two Dissimilar Materials Using an Adaptive Phase-field Method. Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math 15, 173–186 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12572-023-00347-2

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