The Variational Approach to Fracture - Bourdin, Blaise; Francfort, Gilles A.; Marigo, Jean-Jacques.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Going variational -- Stationarity versus local or global minimality - A comparison -- Initiation -- Irreversibility -- Path -- Griffith vs. Barenblatt -- Numerics and Griffith -- Fatigue.
Keywords: Mechanical engineering; Mathematical models; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Mechanical Engineering; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics; Solid Mechanics