A general stochastic dynamic model of continuum damage mechanics (Q1210641)

A stochastic dynamic probabilistic model of continuum damage mechanics is generalized from which various damage processes could be described in the same mathematical scheme. The approach makes use of the deterministic damaged constitutive equations and introduces the randomized damage variable into the thermodynamic potential and the potential of dissipation in place of the deterministic ones. An Itô (or Stratonovich) stochastic differential equation is derived, based on the concept of an abstract dynamic system, to describe the practical system under consideration. A solution as a diffusion process can be obtained in the light of the theory of the stochastic differential equations. The proposed model can be used to describe the state and stochastic evolution of various damage processes in relation to the irreversible rearrangements of microstructures of a solid.