Anisotropic damage law in evolution (Q1568332)

A formulation for anisotropic damage is established in the framework of strain equivalence. The model involves two elastic parameters of the virgin, initially isotropic material, five parameters for damage, and three additional parameters for low-cycle fatigue, high-cycle fatigue and fracture in tension. The authors develop a strategy to identify the material parameters, and give several links to reduce the number of independent parameters by estimations and simplifications. The comparison between theory and experiments shows that no contradictions exist and that, at least qualitatively, the agreement is good. The model is further extended to treat the coupling between damage and plasticity, the effects due to partial closer of microcracks, as well as strain localization.