Abstract
A model to describe the damage state of materials is developed within the framework of Continuum Damage Mechanics. The damage variable is considered as a random variable. To predict the damage state in a body, knowledge of its intrinsic damage distribution is required. After dividing the body into a number of elementary cells, the intrinsic damage distribution can be determined utilizing statistics of extremes. Fitting this distribution to experimental data the best-fit model parameters in the intrinsic damage distribution are obtained. The model is applied to fatigue damage evolution in brittle elastic materials
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 255-266 |
Journal | Engineering Fracture Mechanics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1990 |