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Micro-mechanics and continuum damage mechanics

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Continuum Damage Mechanics has been applied successfully to technical problems since the idea was introduced by Kachanov almost 40 years ago. In keeping with the traditions of mechanics, the formulation was based on the results of mechanical tests on specimens whose size is measured in centimeters. To model the observations which describe the deterioration of material properties it was found necessary to introduce internal variables referred to as ‘damage’. The approach is phenomenological, with only a minimal attempt to provide a physical interpretation of damage. For this reason the approach has had little appeal to those whose interest is in the physical mechanisms which cause material deterioration. In this presentation a description is given of attempts to develop continuum damage mechanics so that the relationship with the physical mechanism approach is less abrupt. The procedure is illustrated with reference to ceramic matrix composites.

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  1. Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie, E.N.S. de Cachan/C.N.R.S./Université Paris 6, 61 avenue du Président Wilson, F-94235, Cachan Cedex, France

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    F. A. Leckie

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This work was supported by the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency through the University Research Initiative under Office of Naval Research Contract No. N-00014-92-J-1808.

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Burr, A., Hild, F. & Leckie, F.A. Micro-mechanics and continuum damage mechanics. Arch. Appl. Mech. 65, 437–456 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00835656

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