@inproceedings{34b7d7ef7ddd4675b0c5f79cbf448362,
title = "Universal meshes for the simulation of brittle fracture and moving boundary problems",
abstract = "Universal meshes have recently appeared in the literature as a computationally efficient and robust paradigm for the generation of conforming simplicial meshes for domains with evolving boundaries. The main idea behind a universal mesh is to immerse the moving boundary in a background mesh (the universalmesh), and to produce a mesh that conforms to the moving boundary at any given time by adjusting a few elements of the background mesh. In this manuscript we present the application of universal meshes to the simulation of brittle fracturing. To this extent, we provide a high level description of a crack propagation algorithm and showcase its capabilities. Alongside universal meshes for the simulation of brittle fracture, we provide other examples for which universal meshes prove to be a powerful tool, namely fluid flow past moving obstacles. Lastly, we conclude the manuscript with some remarks on the current state of universal meshes and future directions.",
author = "Chiaramonte, \{Maurizio M.\} and Gawlik, \{Evan S.\} and Hardik Kabaria and Lew, \{Adrian J.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.; International symposium on Innovative numerical approaches for materials and structures in multi-field and multi-scale problems, 2014 ; Conference date: 01-09-2014 Through 04-09-2014",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-39022-2\_6",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319390215",
series = "Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "115--134",
editor = "Kerstin Weinberg and Anna Pandolfi",
booktitle = "Innovative Numerical Approaches for Multi-Field and Multi-Scale Problems - In Honor of Michael Ortiz{\textquoteright}s 60th Birthday",
address = "Germany",
}