Dal Maso, GianniLarsen, Christopher J.Toader, Rodica2018-03-192018-03-192018-03https://openscience.sissa.it/handle/1963/35308We consider a model of elastodynamics with fracture evolution, based on energy-dissipation balance and a maximal dissipation condition. We prove an existence result in the case of planar elasticity with a free crack path, where the maximal dissipation condition is satisfied among suitably regular competitor cracks.enWave equationelastodynamicsdynamic fracture mechanicscracking domainsPreprintMAT/05