Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials
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...
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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. Booknews Deals with solutions to problems associated with microstructural events, such as cracks and voids, in solids containing oriented elements, such as fibers. Describes the basic principles underlying the micromechanics approach and the continuum damage mechanics approach. Covers developments in the continuum damage approach, statistical concepts, modelling ideas for a complex damage configuration, microcracking, and interfacial damage in composite materials. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceCh. 1Basic principles1Ch. 2Damage characterization by internal variables53Ch. 3Damage evolution in laminates79Ch. 4Inelastic strains and damage117Ch. 5Damage accumulation139Ch. 6Matrix microcracking187Ch. 7Interfacial damage245Author index295Subject index303
\ BooknewsDeals with solutions to problems associated with microstructural events, such as cracks and voids, in solids containing oriented elements, such as fibers. Describes the basic principles underlying the micromechanics approach and the continuum damage mechanics approach. Covers developments in the continuum damage approach, statistical concepts, modelling ideas for a complex damage configuration, microcracking, and interfacial damage in composite materials. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
