Constitutive Modelling in Continuum Damage Mechanics: Theoretical and Computational Aspects

Growing of damage as internal micro-defects in materials leads to degradation of mechanical properties up to the complete failure. Continuum Damage Mechanics is the most popular inelastic theory which is concerned with the effective continuum representation of a material including distributed micro-defects. The emphasis of this monograph is placed on the theoretical formulation and numerical implementation of the different constitutive models in the framework of continuum damage mechanics. To this end, several constitutive models are proposed for brittle and ductile solids.