A CONTINUUM-MECHANICS CHARACTERIZATION OF DAMAGE IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The mechanical response of a composite material damaged in fatigue, or in any other loading mode, is characterized by a set of vector fields, each representing a damage mode. Constitutive equations are derived for isothermal small-deformation behaviour following attainment of a damage state. For small damage, the elastic constants of a damage state are related to those of the undamaged state. The usefulness of these relations in characterizing the development of damage, for instance during fatigue, is discussed.

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • TALREJA, R.

citation count

  • 301

complete list of authors

  • TALREJA, R

publication date

  • January 1985