We’ll be looking at the phenomena of fracture formation, and modeling it using the finite element method based on this thesis by P. Federl. The general idea is that we have a material which consists of a surface with two layers that are connected. The bottom layer grows, causing the top layer to deform. When the amount of deformation passes a threshold, a fracture is formed. You can assume most if not all of the material presented is from the thesis, while any mistakes are my own.
