A Fully Coupled Thermomechanical Phase Field Method for Modeling Cracks with Frictional Contact

Wan Wan and Pinlei Chen ()
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Wan Wan: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, The Pennsylvania State University, 215c Sackett Building, State College, PA 16802, USA
Pinlei Chen: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, The Pennsylvania State University, 215c Sackett Building, State College, PA 16802, USA

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 23, 1-23

Abstract: In this paper, a thermomechanical coupled phase field method is developed to model cracks with frictional contact. Compared to discrete methods, the phase field method can represent arbitrary crack geometry without an explicit representation of the crack surface. The two distinguishable features of the proposed phase field method are: (1) for the mechanical phase, no specific algorithm is needed for imposing contact constraints on the fracture surfaces; (2) for the thermal phase, formulations are proposed for incorporating the phase field damage parameter so that different thermal conductance conditions are accommodated. While the stress is updated explicitly in the regularized interface regions under different contact conditions, the thermal conductivity is determined under different conductance conditions. In particular, we consider a pressure-dependent thermal conductance model (PDM) that is fully coupled with the mechanical phase, along with the other three thermal conductance models, i.e., the fully conductive model (FCM), the adiabatic model (ACM), and the uncoupled model (UCM). The potential of this formulation is showcased by several benchmark problems. We gain insights into the role of the temperature field affecting the mechanical field. Several 2D boundary value problems are addressed, demonstrating the model’s ability to capture cracking phenomena with the effect of the thermal field. We compare our results with the discrete methods as well as other phase field methods, and a very good agreement is achieved.

Keywords: coupled thermomechanical problem; frictional contact; phase field method; cracks and fractures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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