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 , and the above-mentioned published works:

@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}}