Publications

The results of following publications were fully or partially obtained using EdelweissFE:

  • A. Dummer, K. Basche, P. Hofer, P. Gamnitzer, G. Hofstetter, T. Mader, and M. Neuner. A localizing gradient-enhanced damage-plasticity approach for quasi-brittle materials: Formulation, consistent requirements, and application to concrete. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, pages 112270, 2026. doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2026.112270.

  • A. Dummer, M. Neuner, P. Gamnitzer, and G. Hofstetter. Robust and efficient implementation of finite strain generalized continuum models for material failure: Analytical, numerical, and automatic differentiation with hyper-dual numbers. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 426:116987, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2024.116987.

  • A. Dummer, M. Neuner, and G. Hofstetter. An extended gradient-enhanced damage-plasticity model for concrete considering nonlinear creep and failure due to creep. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 243:111541, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111541.

  • A. Dummer and R. A. Regueiro. Micropolar linear viscoelasticity at finite strain: Thermodynamically-consistent derivation, finite element implementation, and application to 3D cubic lattices. International Journal of Engineering Science, 229:104663, 2026. doi:10.1016/j.ijengsci.2026.104663.

  • P. Hofer, M. Neuner, P. Gamnitzer, and G. Hofstetter. Revisiting strain localization analysis for elastoplastic constitutive models in geomechanics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 125(24):e7579, 2024. doi:10.1002/nme.7579.

  • P. Hofer, M. Neuner, and G. Hofstetter. A note on the stability of pressure-sensitive non-associated plasticity. Computers and Geotechnics, 186:107363, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2025.107363.

  • P. Hofer, M. Neuner, and G. Hofstetter. Localized deformation analysis of a 3D micropolar modified Cam-Clay model. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 49(5):1544–1562, 2025. doi:10.1002/nag.3941.

  • T. Mader, A. Dummer, P. Gamnitzer, H. Gimperlein, and M. Neuner. An implicit RKPM formulation for large deformations in elastoplastic micropolar media: Framework, stabilization and assessment. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 450:118582, 2026. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2025.118582.

  • T. Mader, M. Schreter, and G. Hofstetter. A gradient enhanced transversely isotropic damage plasticity model for rock – formulation and comparison of different approaches. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 46(5):933–960, 2022. doi:10.1002/nag.3327.

  • T. Mader, M. Schreter-Fleischhacker, O. Shkundalova, M. Neuner, and G. Hofstetter. Constitutive modeling of orthotropic nonlinear mechanical behavior of hardened 3D printed concrete. Acta Mechanica, 234(11):5893–5918, 2023. doi:10.1007/s00707-023-03706-z.

  • M. Neuner, S. Abrari Vajari, P. K. Arunachala, and C. Linder. A better understanding of the mechanics of borehole breakout utilizing a finite strain gradient-enhanced micropolar continuum model. Computers and Geotechnics, pages 105064, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.105064.

  • M. Neuner, A. Dummer, S. Abrari Vajari, P. Gamnitzer, H. Gimperlein, C. Linder, and G. Hofstetter. A B-spline based gradient-enhanced micropolar implicit material point method for large localized inelastic deformations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, pages 117291, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2024.117291.

  • M. Neuner, P. Gamnitzer, and G. Hofstetter. A 3D gradient-enhanced micropolar damage-plasticity approach for modeling quasi-brittle failure of cohesive-frictional materials. Computers & Structures, 239:106332, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2020.106332.

  • M. Neuner, P. Hofer, and G. Hofstetter. On the prediction of complex shear dominated concrete failure by means of classical and higher order damage-plasticity continuum models. Engineering Structures, 251:113506, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113506.

  • M. Neuner, R. A. Regueiro, and C. Linder. A unified finite strain gradient-enhanced micropolar continuum approach for modeling quasi-brittle failure of cohesive-frictional materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 254–255:111841, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111841.

  • M. Neuner, M. Schreter, and G. Hofstetter. Enhanced assumed strain methods for implicit gradient-enhanced damage-plasticity. PAMM, 18(1):e201800054, 2018. doi:10.1002/pamm.201800054.

  • M. Schreter, M. Neuner, and G. Hofstetter. Evaluation of the implicit gradient-enhanced regularization of a damage-plasticity rock model. Applied Sciences, 8(6):1004, 2018. doi:10.3390/app8061004.