%0 Journal Article %A Negri, Matteo %T Quasi-static rate-independent evolutions: characterization, existence, approximation and application to fracture mechanics %J ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations %D 2014 %P 983-1008 %V 20 %N 4 %I EDP-Sciences %U http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/cocv/2014004/ %R 10.1051/cocv/2014004 %G en %F COCV_2014__20_4_983_0