Figure 3From: Coupling local and non-local damage evolutions with the Thick Level Set modelDistribution of ϕ on a 1D domain: Ω = [ a , e ], Ω+= [ b , d ], Ω−= [ a , b ]∪ [ d , e ], Γ ={ b , d }. Slopes at 45 degrees on Ω+ indicate that ϕ behaves as a distance function (║∇ϕ║=1) whereas ║∇ϕ║<1 on Ω−. Point c is the skeleton of the distance function.Back to article page