| Abstract: |
| We give a variational interpretation of a model by Novak and Truskinovsky of a discrete
systems where microscopic fracture produces macroscopic damage. Depending on the arrangement
at a discrete level the overall response corresponds to different damaged materials. We give a
formal continuum counterpart depending on a small parameter mimicking the discrete dimension.
The homogenized description as this parameter tends to zero departs from the previous one in
certain regimes. Work in collaboration with A.Causin, M.Solci and L.Truskinovsky. |
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