mef90 / vDef: A reference implementation of the variational approach to fracture, as described in:
- Francfort, G. and Marigo, J.-J. (1998). Revisiting brittle fracture as an energy minimization problem. J. Mech. Phys. Solids., 46(8):1319–1342. DOI:10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00034-9
- Bourdin, B., Francfort, G., and Marigo, J.-J. (2000). Numerical experiments in revisited brittle fracture. J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 48(4):797–826. DOI:10.1016/S0022-5096(99)00028-9
- Bourdin, B., Francfort, G., and Marigo, J.-J. (2008). The variational approach to fracture. J. Elasticity, 91(1-3):1–148. DOI:10.1007/s10659-007-9107-3
- Bourdin, B. (2007). Numerical implementation of a variational formulation of quasi-static brittle fracture. Interfaces Free Bound., 9:411–430. DOI:10.4171/IFB/171
This software is free software, distributed under the 2-clause BSD license. A copy of the license is included in the LICENSE file.
We cordially ask that any published work derived from this code, or utilizing it references the software as 
@software{mef90,
author = {Bourdin, B.},
title = {{mef90/vDef}: variational models of defect mechanics},
url = {https://github.com/bourdin/mef90},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3242131}}
@article{Bourdin-Francfort-EtAl-2000a,
Author = {Bourdin, B. and Francfort, G.A. and Marigo, J.-J.},
Journal = {J. Mech. Phys. Solids},
Number = {4},
Pages = {797--826},
Title = {Numerical experiments in revisited brittle fracture},
Volume = {48},
Year = {2000},
DOI = {10.1016/S0022-5096(99)00028-9}}
@article{Bourdin-2007a,
Author = {Bourdin, B.},
Journal = {Interfaces Free Bound.},
Month = {08},
Pages = {411--430},
Title = {Numerical implementation of a variational formulation of quasi-static brittle fracture},
Volume = {9},
Year = {2007},
DOI = {10.4171/IFB/171}}
@article{Bourdin-Francfort-EtAl-2008b,
Author = {Bourdin, B. and Francfort, G.A. and Marigo, J.-J.},
Journal = {J. Elasticity},
Number = {1-3},
Pages = {1--148},
Title = {The Variational Approach to Fracture},
Volume = {91},
Year = {2008},
DOI = {10.1007/s10659-007-9107-3}}
@article{Francfort-Marigo-1998,
Author = {Francfort, G.A. and Marigo, J.-J.},
Journal = {J. Mech. Phys. Solids.},
Number = 8,
Pages = {1319--1342},
Title = {Revisiting brittle fracture as an energy minimization problem},
Volume = 46,
Year = 1998,
DOI = {10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00034-9}}