TY - RPRT T1 - A bridging mechanism in the homogenisation of brittle composites with soft inclusions Y1 - 2015 A1 - Marco Barchiesi A1 - Giuliano Lazzaroni A1 - Caterina Ida Zeppieri AB - 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. PB - SISSA UR - http://urania.sissa.it/xmlui/handle/1963/7492 U1 - 7621 ER -