Continuum Damage Mechanics

Anisotropic nonlocal damage model for materials with intrinsic transverse isotropy
This paper presents the theoretical formulation and numerical implementation of an anisotropic damage model for materials with …
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Micromechanics based discrete damage model with multiple non-smooth yield surfaces: Theoretical formulation, numerical implementation and engineering applications
The discrete damage model presented in this paper accounts for 42 non-interacting crack microplanes directions. At the scale of the …
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Nonlocal enrichment of a micromechanical damage model with tensile softening: Advantages and limitations
Upon crack propagation, brittle geomaterials such as concrete and rock exhibit a nonlinear stress/strain behavior, damage induced …
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Discrete equivalent wing crack based damage model for brittle solids
The Discrete Equivalent Wing Crack Damage (DEWCD) model formulated in this paper couples micro-mechanics and Continuum Damage Mechanics …
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Computational model coupling mode II discrete fracture propagation with continuum damage zone evolution
We propose a numerical method that couples a cohesive zone model (CZM) and a finite element-based continuum damage mechanics (CDM) …
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