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Size Effects and Mesh Independence in Dynamic Fracture Analysis of Brittle Materials

Letícia Fleck Fadel Miguel¹, Ignacio Iturrioz², Jorge Daniel Riera³

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. letffm@ufrgs.br
2 Department of Mechanical Eng., UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. ignacio@mecanica.ufrgs.br
3 Department of Civil Engineering, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. jorge.riera@ufrgs.br