Numerical approximation of von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n viscoelastic plates

We consider metric gradient flows and their discretizations in time and space. We prove an abstract convergence result for time-space discretizations and identify their limits as curves of maximal slope. As an application, we consider a finite element approximation of a quasistatic evolution for viscoelastic von K'{a}rm'{a}n plates. Computational experiments are provided, too.