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Ambrosio-Tortorelli Approximation of Quasi-Static Evolution of Brittle Fractures

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We define a notion of quasi-static evolution for the elliptic approximation of the Mumford-Shah functional proposed by Ambrosio and Tortorelli. Then we prove that this regular evolution converges to a quasi-static growth of brittle fractures in linearly elastic bodies.

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@article{arxiv.math/0303040,
  title  = {Ambrosio-Tortorelli Approximation of Quasi-Static Evolution of Brittle Fractures},
  author = {Alessandro Giacomini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0303040},
  year   = {2007}
}

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34 pages