Non-local approximation of the Griffith functional

Abstract

An approximation, in the sense of $\Gamma$-convergence and in any dimension $d\ge 1$, of Griffith-type functionals, with $p-$growth ($p>1$) in the symmetrized gradient, is provided by means of a sequence of non-local integral functionals depending on the average of the symmetrized gradients on small balls.