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Advances in Fracture Mechanics, Damage Mechanics, and Fatigue Modeling

Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026 View: 637 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Professor James D. Lee

Email: jdlee@gwu.edu

Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The George Washington University, Washington, 20052, USA

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Research Interests: continuum mechanics, fracture mechanics, thermomechanical-electromagnetic coupling, molecular dynamics, multiscale modeling

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Research Assistant Professor Leyu Wang

Email: lwang28@gmu.edu

Affiliation: Center for Collision Safety and Analysis, George Mason University, Washington, 20052, USA

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Research Interests: fracture mechanics, reverse engineering, molecular dynamics, multi-scale analysis, artificial intelligence in computer aided engineering

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Dr. Teng Long

Email: longt8@mail.uc.edu

Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 45221, USA

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Research Interests: material modeling, material characterization, biomechanics, fracture mechanics, nonlinear optimization, artificial intelligence

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Summary

Material failure analysis is a critical issue in science and engineering, especially under extreme conditions. It is the building block in component design in mechanical, aerospace, marine, civil, and biological engineering systems. Historically, the catastrophic failures of ships in World War II drew attention to the importance of fracture mechanics. Space shuttle and airplane accidents led to financial losses and the tragic loss of life. Today, advances in computational power enable the development of digital twin technologies, which provide powerful tools for modeling and analyzing these challenges.


Powered by advanced computational technology, the cutting-edge numerical methods have propelled computer-aided engineering forward. They help us understand the material fracture, failure, and fatigue mechanisms and then predict material failure under complex service conditions. Recent progress in mathematical formulations, computational algorithms, multiscale and multiphysics modeling methodologies has further strengthened this field. Meanwhile, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence offer a new approach for solving the traditionally challenging problems.

This special issue aims to provide a platform to showcase the state-of-the-art computational algorithms, advance fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, and fatigue modeling, as well as emerging applications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Computational Fracture Mechanics.
· Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling.
· Stochastic and Probabilistic in Reliability Engineering.
· Physics-Informed Machine learning.
· Data-driven approach.
· Other Related Digital Twin Applications.


Keywords

multiphysics coupling, multiscale modeling, advanced finite element analysis, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, fatigue analysis, optimization,artificial intelligence

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    A Damage-Based Framework for Flexible Cohesive Softening Laws in Abaqus without User Subroutines

    Md Jalal Uddin Rumi, Xiaowei Zeng
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2026.079021
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Fracture Mechanics, Damage Mechanics, and Fatigue Modeling)
    Abstract Cohesive zone models (CZMs) are widely used to simulate interfacial fracture, where the post-peak softening branch of the traction–separation law (TSL) can strongly influence both the predicted response and the numerical behavior, particularly when the fracture process zone is not small relative to the structure. In Abaqus, however, cohesive elements are natively restricted to bilinear and linear–exponential TSLs, and implementing other softening behaviors typically requires user subroutines, which requires advanced knowledge and limits rapid model development and testing. This work exploits Abaqus’s tabular damage-evolution capability in a different way by constructing the damage variable analytically… More >

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