Sievers, Michael2021-05-212021-05-212021-042190-1767http://hdl.handle.net/2003/4019010.17877/DE290R-22062This paper is concerned with an approximation scheme for rate-independent systems governed by a non-smooth dissipation and a possibly non-convex energy functional. The scheme is based on the local minimization scheme introduced in [EM06], but relies on local stationarity of the underlying minimization problem. Under the assumption of Mosco-convergence for the dissipation functional, we show that accumulation points exist and are so-called parametrized solutions of the rate-independent system. In particular, this guarantees the existence of parametrized solutions for a rather general setting. Afterwards, we apply the scheme to a model for the evolution of damage.enErgebnisberichte des Instituts für Angewandte Mathematik;642rate independent evolutionsdamagesemi-smooth Newton methodsfinite elementsexistenceunbounded dissipationparametrized solutions610preprint