A numerical study of the jerky crack growth in elastoplastic materials with localized plasticity

04/27/2020

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by   Gianni Dal Maso, et al.

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We present a numerical implementation of a model of quasi-static crack growth in linearly elastic-perfectly plastic materials. We assume that the displacement is antiplane, and that the cracks and the plastic slips are localized on a prescribed path. We provide numerical evidence of the fact that the crack growth is intermittent, with jump characteristics that depend on the material properties.