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Remmers, J.J.C. (author), De Borst, R. (author), Needleman, A. (author)A numerical method for crack growth is described in which the crack is not regarded as a single discontinuity that propagates continuously. Instead, the crack is represented by a set of overlapping cohesive segments. These cohesive segments are inserted into finite elements as discontinuities in the displacement field by exploiting the partition...journal article 2003