Krajcinovic D., Mier J.V. (Eds.) Damage and Fracture of Disordered Materials

Springer-Verlag, Wien, New York, 2000. – 265 p. – ISBN: 3211833277The enquiry of the effect of a large number of randomly distributed microcracks on the deformation and failure of solid materials is common to solid mechanics and statistical physics. The research in this class of problems is of obvious importance to several industries. The estimate of the reliability and residual strength of damaged and aged structures, to mention one application of this research, will provide the optimal maintenance and hazards in their use.
As organizers of this course we decided to use the C/SM course as a forum that will provide the meeting of people with different backgrounds and objectives. We were very fortunate that we got the researchers that were best for our objective. The meeting of minds will hopefully have a synergistic effect on the research of the lecturers and students alike.
This book modest in size, considers analytical, computational and experimental methods, deterministic and statistical aspects of the problems on scales ranging from atomic to macroscopic. A very knowledgeable and attentive attendance, that filled the ornate hall of the Palazzo del Torso in Udine made this course and our effort worthwhile. All of us hope that this CISM course and this book will intensify the research in this field and bring together engineers,
physicists and designers.
The principal objective of this book is to relate the random distributions of defects and material strength on the microscopic scale with the deformation and residual strength of materials on the macroscopic scale.Introduction to Damage Mechanics
Statistics Toolbox for Damage and Fracture
Molecular and Particle Simulations
Measurement of Damage Parameters of Brittle Disordered Media like Concrete and Rock
Micro-Crack Clustering, non Local and Gradient Damage Models
Premises to a Multifield Approach to Stochastic Damage Evolution