%0 Journal Article %J Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations %D 2016 %T Fracture models for elasto-plastic materials as limits of gradient damage models coupled with plasticity: the antiplane case %A Gianni Dal Maso %A Gianluca Orlando %A Rodica Toader %X

We study the asymptotic behavior of a variational model for damaged elasto-plastic materials in the case of antiplane shear. The energy functionals we consider depend on a small parameter $\varepsilon$, which forces damage concentration on regions of codimension one. We determine the $\Gamma$-limit as $\varepsilon$ tends to zero and show that it contains an energy term involving the crack opening.

%B Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations %V 55 %P 45 %8 Apr %G eng %U https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-016-0981-z %R 10.1007/s00526-016-0981-z