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Bourdin, B., Francfort, G.A. & Marigo, JJ. The Variational Approach to Fracture. J Elasticity 91, 5–148 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-007-9107-3
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Keywords
- Fracture
- Griffith
- Cohesive energies
- Variational formulation
- Functions of bounded variations
- Relaxation
- Evolution
- Quasi-static
- Local minimizers
- Global minimizers