Stochastic evolution of microcracks in continua

DOI10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00138-8zbMath0978.74005MaRDI QIDQ1965202

Giuliano Augusti, Paolo Maria Mariano

Publication date: 31 January 2002

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

finite element discretizationClausius-Duhem inequalitydamage entropy fluxdiffused microcracksgeneralized internal actionslinear elastic brittle materialsmicrocrack density functionmultifield description of continuaproduction of configurational entropystochastic distribution of microcracksstochastic elements of stiffness matrixsubmartingale process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Applications of stochastic analysis (to PDEs, etc.) (60H30) Theories of fracture and damage (74A45)

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