Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials

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The book contains invited lectures of the International Symposium Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials held in Krakow, Poland, September 9-11 2002. Eminent researchers and world experts in the field of damage mechanics provide recent achievements and the state of the art in the field. The book deals with the anisotropic damage mechanics with micromechanical aspects and thermo-mechanical coupling involved. The book both meets academic interest and practical application demands, especially concerning more advanced anisotropic models of materials and the transition from microscopic to macroscopic level. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Applications of Tensor Functions in Damage Mechanics of Anisotropic Materials....Pages 3-33 Multiscale Structural Analyses Incorporating Damage Mechanics at the Meso- or Micro-Scales....Pages 35-74 Failure Criteria and Compliance Variation of Anisotropically Damaged Materials....Pages 75-112 On Description of Damage....Pages 113-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Anisotropic Elastic-Brittle-Damage and Fracture Models Based on Irreversible Thermodynamics....Pages 143-184 Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Concrete and Fiber Reinforced Concrete....Pages 185-219 Micromechanics of Damage in Brittle Solids....Pages 221-258 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 On the Extension of Creep-Damage Theories for Isotropic Materials to the Case of Anisotropic Materials....Pages 261-293 Anisotropic Creep and Fracture Behaviour of a 9CrMoNbV Weld Metal at 650°C....Pages 295-316 Thermo-Damage Coupling Modelling and Applications for Creep Conditions....Pages 317-349 ABDM Symposium — Conclusions, Other Directions of Research, Future Trends....Pages 351-359 Back Matter....Pages 361-366