Continuum Modeling Of Large Space Structures For Thermal Stress Analysis

Author : Norris Stubbs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Damage Mechanics and Continuum Modeling written by Norris Stubbs and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of sessions of the ASCE National Convention, held in Detroit, Michigan, October 22, 1985. Sponsored by the Engineering Mechanics Division of ASCE. This collection contains nine papers on modeling continuum damage mechanics. Historically, structural and mechanical engineers are conditioned to model a material in a purely phenomenological sense, with little or no regard to underlying physical phenomenon on the microscale. Only after numerous attempts to model the behavior of essentially brittle solids using the plasticity theory proved to be inadequate, the attention shifted to formulating a theory that focuses on the microcracking as a source of the material nonlinearity. This branch of continuum mechanics became known as the continuum damage mechanics and attracted the attention of numerous investigators both in the United States and Europe. Four papers on continuum damage theory and effective moduli illustrate the developments and achievements in this field. Five papers on continuum modeling of discrete structures describe continuum modeling of periodic truss structures and discrete structures with geometric nonlinearities, the use of computer graphics in the analysis of large space structures, and damage detection in periodic structures.