Farhad Kamarei

Farhad Kamarei

PhD candidate at U of I working on numerical methods for PDEs in theoretical and applied mechanics

Farhad Kamarei

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About me

I’m a Ph.D. candidate at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Depatrment. I am doing my Ph.D. under supervison of Prof. Oscar Lopez-Pamies.

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I develop mathematical models and computational frameworks for solving partial differential equations, with a focus on applications in mechanics and physics of soft solids.

My Reseach

I am currently developing theoretical and numerical frameworks for the phase-field approach to fracture mechanics, under quasistatic and monotonically increasing loading conditions. My doctoral research, titled "Nucleation and Propagation of Fracture in Viscoelastic Elastomers: A Complete Phase-Field Theory and Robust Numerical Implementation," presents a comprehensive theory and numerical framework for modeling crack nucleation and propagation in viscoelastic elastomers. This work advances our understanding of fracture behavior for a more general and complex material behavior and provides robust computational tools for predicting fracture mechanisms.

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Publications

Here is a list of my recent publications:

  1. Nine circles of elastic brittle fracture: A series of challenge problems to assess fracture models
    Kamarei, F., Zeng, B., Dolbow, J.E., Lopez-Pamies, O.
    doi ResearchGate
    Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2026
  2. When and where do large cracks grow? Griffith energy competition constrained by material strength
    Lopez-Pamies, O., Kamarei, F.
    doi ResearchGate
    Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2025
  3. Nucleation and propagation of fracture in viscoelastic elastomers: A complete phase-field theory
    Kamarei, F., Breedlove, E., Lopez-Pamies, O.
    doi ResearchGate
    Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2025
  4. Validating Griffith fracture propagation in the phase-field approach to fracture: The case of Mode III by means of the trousers test
    Kamarei, F., Breedlove, E., Lopez-Pamies, O.
    doi ResearchGate
    International Journal of Fracture, 2025
  5. Nucleation of fracture: The first-octant evidence against classical variational phase-field models
    Kamarei, F., Dolbow, J.E., Lopez-Pamies, O.
    doi ResearchGate
    Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2025

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