Brittle thin films

Authors
Braides, A Fonseca, I
Citation
A. Braides et I. Fonseca, Brittle thin films, APPL MATH O, 44(3), 2001, pp. 299-323
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND OPTIMIZATION
ISSN journal
00954616 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
299 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-4616(200111/12)44:3<299:BTF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A two-dimensional model for brittle thin films is obtained from a three dim ensional fracture model for elastic material. Gamma -convergence techniques are used to identify the limiting effective energy as the thickness of the sample approaches zero.