The variational approach to fracture

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 91, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 5-148

  Francfort, Gilles A ^b   Bourdin, Blaise ^a   Marigo, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

Author keywords

Cohesive energies; Evolution; Fracture; Functions of bounded variations; Global minimizers; Griffith; Local minimizers; Quasi static; Relaxation; Variational formulation

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COHESIVE ENERGIES; GLOBAL MINIMIZERS; GRIFFITH; LIPSCHITZ CHARACTER; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM;

FRACTURE;

EID: 41549084999     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10659-007-9107-3     Document Type: Article

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