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Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, November 2012, Volume 24, Issue 4-6, pp 391-402.
Hans-Dieter Alber
Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract
We propose a phase field model for crack propagation based on the hybrid model and justify the model by constructing a family of asymptotic solutions.