Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Mechanics of interfaces and evolving discontinuities
René de Borst
School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Joris J.C. Remmers & Clemens V. Verhoosel
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Alan Needleman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
SUMMARY
The modelling of discontinuities, including interfaces,
is of a growing importance in the mechanics of
materials. Basically, two methods exist to capture dis-
continuities:one can either distribute themover a finite
width, ...