Abstract

This work deals with the simulation of strain localization phenomena through the Strong Discontinuity Approach (SDA) for three dimensional (3D) problems. The main assumptions of this work are the isothermal quasi-static regime, small deformations and rotations, and a material describes as homogeneous and isotropic.

Abstract

The objectives of this monograph are oriented to getting and efficient and robust computational tool that allows the simulation of complex problems in which strain localization aappears. All this relying on a mathematical model consistent from the classical continuum mechanics point of view.