@article {2015, title = {A bridging mechanism in the homogenisation of brittle composites with soft inclusions}, number = {SISSA;02/2015/MATE}, year = {2015}, institution = {SISSA}, abstract = {We provide a homogenisation result for the energy-functional associated with a purely brittle composite whose microstructure is characterised by soft periodic inclusions embedded in a stiffer matrix. We show that the two constituents as above can be suitably arranged on a microscopic scale ε to obtain, in the limit as ε tends to zero, a homogeneous macroscopic energy-functional explicitly depending on the opening of the crack.}, url = {http://urania.sissa.it/xmlui/handle/1963/7492}, author = {Marco Barchiesi and Giuliano Lazzaroni and Caterina Ida Zeppieri} }