Author : Blaise Bourdin,Gilles A. Francfort,Jean-Jacques Marigo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402063954
The Variational Approach to Fracture by Blaise Bourdin,Gilles A. Francfort,Jean-Jacques Marigo Pdf
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.