Barchiesi, EmilioYang, HuaTran, C. A.Placidi, LucaMüller, Wolfgang H.2021-03-102021-03-102021-03-011081-2865https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/12786http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-11586Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.Strain gradient continuum damage modelling has been applied to quasistatic brittle fracture within an approach based on a maximum energy-release rate principle. The model was implemented numerically, making use of the FEniCS open-source library. The considered model introduces non-locality by taking into account the strain gradient in the deformation energy. This allows for stable computations of crack propagation in differently notched samples. The model can take wedges into account, so that fracture onset can occur at wedges. Owing to the absence of a damage gradient term in the dissipated energy, the normal part of the damage gradient is not constrained on boundaries. Thus, non-orthogonal and non-parallel intersections between cracks and boundaries can be observed.en620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeitenstrain gradient elasticitybrittle fractureFEniCSvariational principlesregularizationArticle2021-03-061741-3028