00654nas a2200097   4500008004300000245004700043210004700090520036200137100002100499856003600520       2006                        en_Ud  00aVariational problems in fracture mechanics0 aVariational problems in fracture mechanics3 aWe present some recent existence results for the variational model of crack growth in brittle materials proposed by Francfort and Marigo in 1998. These results, obtained in collaboration with Francfort and Toader, cover the case of arbitrary space dimension with a general quasiconvex bulk energy and with prescribed boundary deformations and applied loads.1 aDal Maso, Gianni  uhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/1816