Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

G. Dal Maso - A. Giacomini - M. Ponsiglione

A variational model for quasistatic crack growth in nonlinear elasticity: some qualitative properties of the solutions

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Inserted: 25 jun 2008
Last Updated: 9 sep 2009

Journal: Boll. Un. Mat. Ital. (9)
Volume: 2
Pages: 371-390
Year: 2009

Abstract:

We present the main existence result for quasistatic crack growth in the model proposed by Dal Maso, Francfort, and Toader, and prove some qualitative properties of the solutions.

Keywords: Brittle fracture, quasistatic evolution, Crack propagation, rate independent processes


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