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A Generalization of Golab's Theorem and Applications to fracture mechanics

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study the lower semicontinuity for functionals defined on compact sets in R^2 with a finite number of connected components and finite length which depend on their normal vector. We apply the result to the study of quasi-static growth of brittle fractures in linearly elastic inhomogeneous and anisotropic bodies.

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@article{arxiv.math/0201141,
  title  = {A Generalization of Golab's Theorem and Applications to fracture mechanics},
  author = {A. Giacomini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0201141},
  year   = {2007}
}

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18 pages