A computational library for multiscale modeling of material failure

Hossein Talebi, Mohammad Silani, Stéphane P A Bordas, Pierre Kerfriden, Timon Rabczuk

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Abstract

We present an open-source software framework called PERMIX for multiscale modeling and simulation of fracture in solids. The framework is an object oriented opensource effort written primarily in Fortran 2003 standard with Fortran/C++ interfaces to a number of other libraries such as LAMMPS, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA and GMSH. Fracture on the continuum level is modeled by the extended finite element method (XFEM). Using several novel or state of the art methods, the piece software handles semi-concurrent multiscale methods as well as concurrent multiscale methods for fracture, coupling two continuum domains or atomistic domains to continuum domains, respectively. The efficiency of our open-source software is shown through several simulations including a 3D crack modeling in clay nanocomposites, a semi-concurrent FE-FE coupling, a 3D Arlequin multiscale example and an MD-XFEM coupling for dynamic crack propagation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1047-1071
Number of pages25
JournalComputational Mechanics
Volume53
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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