page_title: Peridynamics
hierarchical_section_title: Peridynamics
caption_attribution_description: Tensile test of an AlMgSi alloy. This is a ductile fracture type, as seen by the local necking and the cup and cone fracture surfaces.
context_page_description: Peridynamics is a formulation of continuum mechanics that is oriented toward deformations with discontinuities, especially fractures.
context_section_description: Peridynamics is a formulation of continuum mechanics that is oriented toward deformations with discontinuities, especially fractures.
caption: A ductile fracture of an Al-Mg-Si alloy. A fracture is a mathematical singularity to which the classical equations of continuum mechanics cannot be applied directly - Peridynamics offers a numerical method.
exif: {"Image Make": "FUJIFILM", "Image Model": "FinePixS2Pro", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2008:05:20 16:00:48", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "2260", "Image Padding": "[]", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/90", "EXIF FNumber": "9/2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2008:05:20 01:10:35", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2008:05:20 01:10:35", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3/2", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "13/2", "EXIF ApertureValue": "433/100", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "233/50", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "1/2", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "79", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "00", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "00", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1162", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1162", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1861", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "1861", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "118", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Soft", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}