Damage mechanics is concerned with mechanics-based analyses of
microstructural events in solids responsible for changes in their
response to external loading. The microstructural events can occur
as cracks, voids, slipped regions, etc., with a spatial
distribution within the volume of a solid. If a solid contains
oriented elements in its microsctructure, e.g. fibers, the
heterogeneity and asisotropy aspects create situations which form a
class of problems worthy of special treatment. This book deals with
such treatments with particular emphasis on application to
technological composite materials.
Chapter one describes the basic principles underlying both the
micromechanics approach and the continuum damage mechanics
approach. It also reviews the relevant statistical concepts. The
next three chapters are devoted to developments of the continuum
damage mechanics approach related to characterization of damage
with internal variables, evolution of damage and its coupling with
other inelastic effects such as plasticity. Chapter 5 describes
observations of damage from notches in composite laminates and puts
forward some pragmatic modelling ideas for a complex damage
configuration. The next two chapters form the bulk of the
micromechanics approach in this volume. The first one deals with
microcracking and the other with interfacial damage in composite
materials.
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