Farhad Kamarei

Farhad Kamarei

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

Blog posts

2026

USACM Short Course: The Phase-Field Approach to Brittle Fracture: Theory and Numerical Implementation: August 10-13, 2026

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As part of the USACM Summer School this year, my advisor, Prof. Oscar Lopez-Pamies, and Prof. John Dolbow will be offering a short course on the phase-field approach to brittle fracture. The course will be held from August 10-13, 2026, and will cover both the theory and numerical implementation of the phase-field method for modeling brittle fracture. You can find more information about the course and register here.

The Single Edge Notch Test: Griffith Energy Competition in Viscoelastic Elastomers

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My recent work, “The Single Edge Notch Fracture Test for Viscoelastic Elastomers,” was recently published in the Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics and can be accessed here. Fortunately, the journal is open access, and you can also access the back-and-forth review process here. Personally, I find the review process both entertaining and insightful, and I hope you will find it useful as well.

2025

Ninc Circles Featured in CEE Illinois News

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Our recent work has been highlighted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois.

Dante’s Inferno: A Guide to the 9 Circles of Fracture

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Happy to share that our paper, “Nine circles of elastic brittle fracture: A series of challenge problems to assess fracture models,” is now published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME) and can be accessed here.

Phase-Field Fracture Modeling with FEniCSx: An Open-Source Initiative

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To make the phase-field approach to fracture mechanics more accessible and to get feedback on the computational aspects of my research in this area, I have developed three main repositories. These are designed to provide both educational resources and professional codebases for researchers and students working with FEniCSx.