... response after the peak stress is realized. The softening response of quasi-brittle materials, e.g., conventional concrete and UHPC, and of brittle materials, e.g., ceramics is governed by the damage evolution. In the parlance of continuum damage mechanics, progressive loss of material integrity...

... and Progression of Mechanical Damage in the Intervertebral Disc Under Cyclic Loading Using Continuum Damage Mechanics Methodology: A Finite Element Study ,” J. Biomech. , 45 (11), pp. 1934 – 1940 . 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.05.022 [6] Doghri , I. , 1993 , “ Fully Implicit Integration and Consistent...

... in the future, the manufacturing technology will advance to such a stage that such a material can be realized. References 1 Krajcinovic , D. , Damage Mechanics ( Elsevier , The Netherlands , 1996 ). 2 Budiansky , B. , and O,’Connell , R. J. , 1976 , “ Elastic Moduli...

... in polyethylene considering the interplay between the amorphous and crystalline phases and following a continuum damage mechanics approach from a microstructural viewpoint. For the amorphous phase, the model is developed within a thermodynamic framework able to describe the features of the material behavior...