Compactness and lower semicontinuity in \(GSBD\) (Q2659445)

The authors prove a compactness and semicontinuity result in GSBD for sequences with bounded Griffith energy. This generalises classical results in (G)SBV by \textit{L. Ambrosio} [Boll. Unione Mat. Ital., VII. Ser., B 3, No. 4, 857--881 (1989; Zbl 0767.49001); Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 111, No. 4, 291--322 (1990; Zbl 0711.49064); Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 3, No. 1, 127--137 (1995; Zbl 0837.49011)] and SBD by \textit{G. Bellettini} et al. [Math. Z. 228, No. 2, 337--351 (1998; Zbl 0914.46007)]. As a result, the static problem by \textit{G. A. Francfort} and \textit{J. J. Marigo}'s variational approach to crack growth [J. Mech. Phys. Solids 46, No. 8, 1319--1342 (1998; Zbl 0966.74060)] admits (weak) solutions.