The Variational Approach to Fracture
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Presenting original results from both theoretical and numerical viewpoints, this text offers a detailed discussion of the variational approach to brittle fracture. This approach views crack growth as the result of a competition between bulk and surface energy, treating crack evolution from its initiation all the way to the failure of a sample. The authors model crack initiation, crack path, and crack extension for arbitrary geometries and loads.
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ISBN
9781402063954
Publication Date
2008
Department
Department of Mathematics
Publisher
Springer
City
London
Recommended Citation
Bourdin, Blaise, "The Variational Approach to Fracture" (2008).