Continuum Damage Mechanics of Materials and Structures (Hardcover)

Continuum damage mechanics of materials and structures: present and future. Essential damage mechanics - bridging the scales. Microstructure evolution, state variable models, damage mechanics and bounding theorems. Discrete versus continuum damage mechanics: a probabilistic perspective. Damage micromechanics modelling of discontinuous reinforced composites. Continuum damage mechanics applied to quasi-brittle materials. An anisotropic damage theory and unilateral effects: applications to laminates and to three-and four-dimensional composites. Introduction to continuum damage mechanics. Continuum damage modelling for concrete structures in dynamic situations. Interface damage mechanics: application to delamination. Computational methods for delamination and fracture in composites. Size effect theory and its application to fracture of fiber composites and sandwich plates.