diff --git a/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake b/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake
index 81fa5c3a6a3330618f385e06a811d8334980690c..90454b5856a5b2867b6fc38dfa88fe8c251fabb6 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake
+++ b/ProcessLib/PhaseField/Tests.cmake
@@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ AddTest(
     NAME PhaseField_3D_beam_tens_AT1_vd_2core
     PATH PhaseField/beam
     EXECUTABLE ogs
-    EXECUTABLE_ARGS AT1_vd_tensile.prj
+    EXECUTABLE_ARGS AT1_vd_tensile_2core.prj
     WRAPPER mpirun
     WRAPPER_ARGS -np 2
     TESTER vtkdiff
     REQUIREMENTS OGS_USE_MPI
     RUNTIME 18
     DIFF_DATA
-        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu AT1_vd_tension_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu displacement displacement 1e-5 0
-        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu AT1_vd_tension_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu displacement displacement 1e-5 0
-        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu AT1_vd_tension_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-6 0
-        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu AT1_vd_tension_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-6 0
+        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu displacement displacement 1e-5 0
+        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu displacement displacement 1e-5 0
+        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_0.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-6 0
+        expected_AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu AT1_vd_tension_2core_ts_10_t_1_000000_1.vtu phasefield phasefield 1e-6 0
 )
 
 AddTest(
diff --git a/Tests/Data/PhaseField/beam/AT1_vd_tensile_2core.prj b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/beam/AT1_vd_tensile_2core.prj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..672f826b23e6b40194f095da3be7c0ae59edd884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Data/PhaseField/beam/AT1_vd_tensile_2core.prj
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<OpenGeoSysProject>
+    <!-- element size == 0.01 -->
+    <meshes>
+        <mesh>bar.vtu</mesh>
+        <mesh>bar_left.vtu</mesh>
+        <mesh>bar_right.vtu</mesh>
+    </meshes>
+    <processes>
+        <process>
+            <name>PhaseField</name>
+            <type>PHASE_FIELD</type>
+            <coupling_scheme>staggered</coupling_scheme>
+            <integration_order>2</integration_order>
+            <phasefield_model>AT1</phasefield_model>
+            <energy_split_model>VolumetricDeviatoric</energy_split_model>
+            <irreversible_threshold>0.05</irreversible_threshold>
+            <constitutive_relation>
+                <type>LinearElasticIsotropic</type>
+                <youngs_modulus>E</youngs_modulus>
+                <poissons_ratio>nu</poissons_ratio>
+            </constitutive_relation>
+            <phasefield_parameters>
+                <residual_stiffness>k</residual_stiffness>
+                <crack_resistance>gc</crack_resistance>
+                <crack_length_scale>ls</crack_length_scale>
+            </phasefield_parameters>
+            <solid_density>rho_sr</solid_density>
+            <process_variables>
+                <phasefield>phasefield</phasefield>
+                <displacement>displacement</displacement>
+            </process_variables>
+            <secondary_variables>
+                <secondary_variable type="static" internal_name="sigma" output_name="sigma"/>
+                <secondary_variable type="static" internal_name="epsilon" output_name="epsilon"/>
+            </secondary_variables>
+            <specific_body_force>0 0 0</specific_body_force>
+        </process>
+    </processes>
+    <time_loop>
+        <global_process_coupling>
+            <max_iter> 1000 </max_iter>
+            <convergence_criteria>
+                <!-- convergence criterion for the first process -->
+                <convergence_criterion>
+                    <type>DeltaX</type>
+                    <norm_type>INFINITY_N</norm_type>
+                    <abstol>1.e-1</abstol>
+                    <reltol>1.e-1</reltol>
+                </convergence_criterion>
+                <!-- convergence criterion for the second process -->
+                <convergence_criterion>
+                    <type>DeltaX</type>
+                    <norm_type>INFINITY_N</norm_type>
+                    <abstol>1.e-4</abstol>
+                    <reltol>1.e-10</reltol>
+                </convergence_criterion>
+            </convergence_criteria>
+        </global_process_coupling>
+        <processes>
+            <process ref="PhaseField">
+                <nonlinear_solver>basic_newton_u</nonlinear_solver>
+                <convergence_criterion>
+                    <type>DeltaX</type>
+                    <norm_type>NORM2</norm_type>
+                    <reltol>1.e-14</reltol>
+                </convergence_criterion>
+                <time_discretization>
+                    <type>BackwardEuler</type>
+                </time_discretization>
+                <time_stepping>
+                    <type>FixedTimeStepping</type>
+                    <t_initial>0</t_initial>
+                    <t_end>1.0</t_end>
+                    <timesteps>
+                        <pair>
+                            <repeat>1</repeat>
+                            <delta_t>1.e-1</delta_t>
+                        </pair>
+                    </timesteps>
+                </time_stepping>
+            </process>
+            <process ref="PhaseField">
+                <nonlinear_solver>petsc_snes</nonlinear_solver>
+                <convergence_criterion>
+                    <type>DeltaX</type>
+                    <norm_type>NORM2</norm_type>
+                    <reltol>1.e-14</reltol>
+                </convergence_criterion>
+                <time_discretization>
+                    <type>BackwardEuler</type>
+                </time_discretization>
+                <time_stepping>
+                    <type>FixedTimeStepping</type>
+                    <t_initial>0</t_initial>
+                    <t_end>1.0</t_end>
+                    <timesteps>
+                        <pair>
+                            <repeat>1</repeat>
+                            <delta_t>1.e-1</delta_t>
+                        </pair>
+                    </timesteps>
+                </time_stepping>
+            </process>
+        </processes>
+        <output>
+            <variables>
+                <variable>displacement</variable>
+                <variable>phasefield</variable>
+                <variable>sigma</variable>
+                <variable>epsilon</variable>
+            </variables>
+            <type>VTK</type>
+            <prefix>AT1_vd_tension_2core</prefix>
+            <timesteps>
+                <pair>
+                    <repeat>10</repeat>
+                    <each_steps>1</each_steps>
+                </pair>
+                <pair>
+                    <repeat>10</repeat>
+                    <each_steps>1</each_steps>
+                </pair>
+            </timesteps>
+        </output>
+    </time_loop>
+    <parameters>
+        <!-- Mechanics -->
+        <parameter>
+            <name>E</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>1.0</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>nu</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>0.15</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>k</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>1e-8</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>gc</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>1.0</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>ls</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>0.02</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>rho_sr</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>0.0</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>displacement0</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <values>0 0 0</values>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>phasefield_ic</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>1</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>phasefield_bc</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>1</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>dirichlet0</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>0</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>Dirichlet_spatial</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>1</value>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>dirichlet_right_time</name>
+            <type>CurveScaled</type>
+            <curve>dirichlet_time</curve>
+            <parameter>dirichlet_right</parameter>
+        </parameter>
+        <parameter>
+            <name>dirichlet_right</name>
+            <type>Constant</type>
+            <value>5.0</value>
+        </parameter>
+    </parameters>
+    <curves>
+        <curve>
+            <name>dirichlet_time</name>
+            <coords>0  1.0</coords>
+            <values>0  0.9</values>
+        </curve>
+    </curves>
+    <process_variables>
+        <process_variable>
+            <name>phasefield</name>
+            <components>1</components>
+            <order>1</order>
+            <initial_condition>phasefield_ic</initial_condition>
+            <boundary_conditions>
+                <boundary_condition>
+                    <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+                    <geometry>left</geometry>
+                    <type>Dirichlet</type>
+                    <component>0</component>
+                    <parameter>phasefield_bc</parameter>
+                </boundary_condition>
+                <boundary_condition>
+                    <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+                    <geometry>right</geometry>
+                    <type>Dirichlet</type>
+                    <component>0</component>
+                    <parameter>phasefield_bc</parameter>
+                </boundary_condition>
+                <boundary_condition>
+                    <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+                    <geometry>right</geometry>
+                    <type>PhaseFieldIrreversibleDamageOracleBoundaryCondition</type>
+                    <component>0</component>
+                </boundary_condition>
+            </boundary_conditions>
+        </process_variable>
+        <process_variable>
+            <name>displacement</name>
+            <components>3</components>
+            <order>1</order>
+            <initial_condition>displacement0</initial_condition>
+            <boundary_conditions>
+                <boundary_condition>
+                    <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+                    <geometry>left</geometry>
+                    <type>Dirichlet</type>
+                    <component>0</component>
+                    <parameter>dirichlet0</parameter>
+                </boundary_condition>
+                <boundary_condition>
+                    <geometrical_set>bar</geometrical_set>
+                    <geometry>right</geometry>
+                    <type>Dirichlet</type>
+                    <component>0</component>
+                    <parameter>dirichlet_right_time</parameter>
+                </boundary_condition>
+            </boundary_conditions>
+        </process_variable>
+    </process_variables>
+    <nonlinear_solvers>
+        <nonlinear_solver>
+            <name>petsc_snes</name>
+            <type>PETScSNES</type>
+            <!-- <type>Newton</type> -->
+            <max_iter>50</max_iter>
+            <linear_solver>linear_solver_d</linear_solver>
+        </nonlinear_solver>
+        <nonlinear_solver>
+            <name>basic_newton_u</name>
+            <type>Newton</type>
+            <max_iter>200</max_iter>
+            <linear_solver>linear_solver_u</linear_solver>
+        </nonlinear_solver>
+    </nonlinear_solvers>
+    <linear_solvers>
+        <linear_solver>
+            <name>linear_solver_d</name>
+            <eigen>
+                <solver_type>BiCGSTAB</solver_type>
+                <precon_type>ILUT</precon_type>
+                <max_iteration_step>10000</max_iteration_step>
+                <error_tolerance>1e-16</error_tolerance>
+            </eigen>
+            <petsc>
+                <parameters>-ksp_type cg -pc_type bjacobi -ksp_atol 1e-10 -ksp_rtol 1e-10 -snes_type vinewtonrsls -snes_linesearch_type l2 -snes_atol 1.e-8 -snes_rtol 1.e-8 -snes_max_it 1000 -snes_monitor </parameters>
+            </petsc>
+        </linear_solver>
+        <linear_solver>
+            <name>linear_solver_u</name>
+            <petsc>
+                <parameters>-ksp_type cg -pc_type bjacobi -ksp_atol 1e-14 -ksp_rtol 1e-14 </parameters>
+            </petsc>
+        </linear_solver>
+    </linear_solvers>
+</OpenGeoSysProject>