pt. 1. Consistent non local coupled damage model and its application in impact response of composite materials -- pt. 2. Advances in statistical damage mechanics (SDM) : new modeling strategies -- pt. 3. Application of the thermodynamical theory of elasto-viscoplasticity in modern manufacturing processes -- pt. 4. Safety of concrete and masonry structures under unusual loadings
Summary
This book resulted from a series of lecture notes presented in CISM, Udine in July 7 -11, 2008. The papers inform about recent advances in continuum damage mechanics for both metals and metal matrix composites as well as the micromechanics of localization in inelastic solids. Also many of the different constitutive damage models that have recently appeared in the literature and the different approaches to this topic are presented, making them easily accessible to researchers and graduate students in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering mechanics, aerospace engineering, and material science
