Categoria:
Seminari di Analisi Matematica
Data e ora inizio evento:
Data e ora fine evento:
Aula:
Sala di Consiglio
Sede:
Dipartimento di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Sapienza Università di Roma
Speaker:
Chris LARSEN WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Based on Griffith’s criterion for crack growth, a method was proposed for determining crack paths by taking continuous-time limits of discrete-time variational problems. This has been successfully carried out, but an important difference remains between these solutions and Griffith’s model. I will explain the method and the main issues in its implementation, and then describe the remaining gap and some efforts to remove it.