A generalised framework for phase field-based modelling of coupled problems: application to thermo-mechanical fracture, hydraulic fracture, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion

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Autores principales: Navidtehrani, Y., Betegón, C., Martínez-Pañeda, E.
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Publicado: 2025
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author Navidtehrani, Y.
Betegón, C.
Martínez-Pañeda, E.
author_facet Navidtehrani, Y.
Betegón, C.
Martínez-Pañeda, E.
contents We present a novel, generalised formulation to treat coupled structural integrity problems by combining phase field and multi-physics modelling. The approach exploits the versatility of the heat transfer equation and is therefore well suited to be adopted in commercial finite element packages, requiring only integration point-level implementation. This aspect is demonstrated here by implementing coupled, multi-variable phenomena through simple \texttt{UMAT} and \texttt{UMATHT} subroutines in the finite element package \texttt{Abaqus}. The generalised theoretical and computational framework presented is particularised to four problems of engineering and scientific relevance: thermo-mechanical fracture, hydraulic fracture, hydrogen-assisted cracking and metallic corrosion. 2D and 3D problems are considered. The results reveal a very good agreement with experimental data, and existing numerical and analytical solutions.The user subroutines developed are made freely available at https://mechmat.web.ox.ac.uk/codes.
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spellingShingle A generalised framework for phase field-based modelling of coupled problems: application to thermo-mechanical fracture, hydraulic fracture, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion
Navidtehrani, Y.
Betegón, C.
Martínez-Pañeda, E.
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Numerical Analysis
Applied Physics
We present a novel, generalised formulation to treat coupled structural integrity problems by combining phase field and multi-physics modelling. The approach exploits the versatility of the heat transfer equation and is therefore well suited to be adopted in commercial finite element packages, requiring only integration point-level implementation. This aspect is demonstrated here by implementing coupled, multi-variable phenomena through simple \texttt{UMAT} and \texttt{UMATHT} subroutines in the finite element package \texttt{Abaqus}. The generalised theoretical and computational framework presented is particularised to four problems of engineering and scientific relevance: thermo-mechanical fracture, hydraulic fracture, hydrogen-assisted cracking and metallic corrosion. 2D and 3D problems are considered. The results reveal a very good agreement with experimental data, and existing numerical and analytical solutions.The user subroutines developed are made freely available at https://mechmat.web.ox.ac.uk/codes.
title A generalised framework for phase field-based modelling of coupled problems: application to thermo-mechanical fracture, hydraulic fracture, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Numerical Analysis
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20763