Dynamic Non-Planar Crack Rupture by a Finite Volume Method

Understanding the physics of the rupture process requires very sophisticated tools where the geometry of the ruptured surface has to be taken into account as well as realistic friction laws on this surface. New formulations have been recently proposed for modelling the dynamic shear crack rupture using various methods. We propose a complete new reformulation based on a finite volume approach and we apply it to canonical configurarions in order to assess the accuracy of the method we propose.