FraMCoS 2 1995 Zurich, Switzerland

Bridges Between Damage and Fracture Mechanics

Fracture mechanics and Damage mechanics are two corelated theories. In some instances, e.g. for large specimens, crack propagation may be viewed equivalently as a sudden localisation of damage. Relationship between the two theories have been shown in this paper. Two…

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Abstract

Fracture mechanics and Damage mechanics are two corelated theories. In some instances, e.g. for large specimens, crack propagation may be viewed equivalently as a sudden localisation of damage. Relationship between the two theories have been shown in this paper. Two major uses of the proposed equivalence between fracture and damage are shown and applications confirm the interest of these concepts.