Abstract
Abstract This paper describes the main features of our parallel-adaptive open-source framework for solving phase-field fracture problems called pfm-cracks . Our program allows for dimension-independent programming in two- and three-dimensional settings. A quasi-monolithic formulation for the coupled two-component system of displacements and a phase-field indicator variable is used. The nonlinear problem is solved with a robust, efficient semi-smooth Newton algorithm. A highlight is adaptive predictor–corrector mesh refinement. The code is fully parallelized and scales to 1000 and more MPI ranks. Illustrative tests demonstrate the current capabilities, from which some are parts of benchmark collections.
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