Size effects on quasi-static growth of cracks

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1887-1928

  Giacomini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Crack propagation; Energy minimization; Free discontinuity problems; Quasi static evolution; Variational models

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ENERGY MINIMIZATION; FREE DISCONTINUITY PROBLEMS; QUASI-STATIC EVOLUTION; VARIATIONAL MODELS;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 27844591683     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141004439362     Document Type: Article

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