Damage of fiber-reinforced composite materials with micromechanical characterization (Q1309526)

The authors are concerned with the damage in composite materials by means of the continuum damage mechanics and the micromechanical composite model. The model is applied to a unidirectional fiber-reinforced thin lamina subjected to uniaxial tension, and to unidirectional thin lamina subjected to a state of plane stresses. Explicit expressions are given for the overall and local damage effect tensors.