Guidelines for Applying Cohesive Models to the Damage Behaviour of Engineering Materials and Structures

• Main Authors: Schwalbe, Karl-Heinz (Author), Scheider, Ingo (Author), Cornec, Alfred (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Numerical analysis.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Numerical Analysis.; Structural Mechanics.

This brief provides guidance for the application of cohesive models to determine damage and fracture in materials and structural components. This can be done for configurations with or without a pre-existing crack. Although the brief addresses structural behaviour, the methods described herein may a...