A model for the quasistatic growth of cracks with fractional dimension
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2016
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We study a variational model for the quasistatic growth of cracks with fractional dimension in brittle materials. We give a minimal set of properties of the collection of admissible cracks which ensure the existence of a quasistatic evolution. Both the antiplane and the planar cases are treated.
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linearized elasticity, fracture mechanics, quasistatic evolution, rate-independent processes, energy minimization, Griffith’s energy criterion, fractional dimension