Numerical Modelling in Damage Mechanics (Innovative Technology Series)

Damage mechanics has now reached a high degree of maturity and is currently used for many different applications connected with numerical simulation techniques. Many attempts have been made to build efficient numerical tools for damage initiation and growth simulation in mechanical structures under both small and large deformation hypotheses. The objectives of the material in this publication are to gather recent advances in numerical and computational aspects of damage mechanics, and also to stimulate current research and future challenges in this field.