Damage Mechanics In Engineering Materials

This Book Contains Thirty Peer-reviewed Papers That Are Based On The Presentations Made At The Symposium On Damage Mechanics In Engineering Materials On The Occasion Of The Joint Asme/asce/ses Mechanics Conference (mcnu97), Held In Evanston, Illinois, June 28-july 2, 1997. The Key Area Of Discussion Was On The Constitutive Modeling Of Damage Mechanics In Engineering Materials Encompassing The Following Topics: Macromechanics/micromechanical Constitutive Modeling, Experimental Procedures, Numerical Modeling, Inelastic Behavior, Interfaces, Damage, Fracture, Failure, Computational Methods. The Book Is Divided Into Six Parts: Study Of Damage Mechanics. Localization And Damage. Damage In Brittle Materials. Damage In Metals And Metal Matrix Composites. Computational Aspects Of Damage Models. Damage In Polymers And Elastomers.