On the use of XFEM within the Arlequin Framework for the Simulation of Crack Propagation Hachmi Ben Dhia, Olivier Jamond Ecole Centrale Paris, MSS-MAT, UMR 8579 CNRS, 92295 Chatenay Malabry Cedex France Abstract The Arlequin method is a generic numerical

For a simulation using XFEM, it is important to request PHILSM as output. This is the signed distance function to describe the crack surface using the level set method. If PHILSM is requested, Abaqus automatically creates an isosurface view cut based on t

Compared to the discrete description of the geometry of the crack, such as XFEM [3], interface element method [41], etc., the phase field method avoids artificially tracking the crack path by ...