The area of material damage models has undergone a rapid development in the past few years. This is an extensive and comprehensive survey of one- and three-dimensional damage models for elastic and inelastic solids. The state-of-the-art is reported by about 200 references. The book not only provides a rich current source of knowledge, but also describes examples of practical applications, numerical procedures, and computer codes. The style of presentation is systematic, clear, and concise and is supported by illustrative diagrams.

New and topical book on fundamentals of damage and creep Authors are the leading Polish experts in this fields

Inhalt
I Modeling of continuum damage in structural materials.- 1 Continuum damage mechanics: basic concepts.- 2 Effect of isotropic damage evolution on (visco)plasticity.- 3 Three-dimensional anisotropic damage representation.- 4 Three-dimensional anisotropic damage accumulation.- 5 Coupled thermo-damage and damage-fracture fields.- II Analysis of damage and failure of simple structures.- 6 Creep damage and failure of axisymmetric structures.- 7 Axisymmetric heat transfer problems in damaged cylinders and disks.- 8 Creep-damage and failure of axisymmetric disks with shear effect included.- 9 Creep damage and failure analysis of thin axisymmetric plates.- 10 Two-dimensional coupled anisotropic creep-brittle damage and elastic-brittle failure problems.- III Optimal design of structures with respect to creep rupture.- 11 Formulation of optimal design under creep-damage conditions.- 12 Optimal design of axisymmetric disks.- 13 Optimal design of thin axisymmetric plates.- References.