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On the existence of representative volumes for softening quasi-brittle materials – A failure zone averaging scheme

Materials ScienceEngineeringStrain LocalizationMechanical BehaviorMechanicsMechanical EngineeringRepresentative VolumesSolid MechanicsHardnessMaterial MechanicsQuasi-brittle MaterialsFailure ZoneMechanics Of MaterialsFracture Modeling