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This study analyses two techniques to resolve the inherent mesh dependence of finite-element solutions for softening materials. The first technique is based on a viscous damage-evolution law, while the second damage-formulation is derived from a rate-dependent smeared crack-model. Both techniques are theoretically described and numerically analysed.
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Geers, M.G.D., Brekelmans, W.A.M., de Borst, R. (1994). Viscous Regularization of Strain-Localisation for Damaging Materials. In: Kusters, G.M.A., Hendriks, M.A.N. (eds) DIANA Computational Mechanics ‘94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1046-4_12
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