ABSTRACT
This handbook covers the peridynamic modeling of failure and damage. Peridynamics is a reformulation of continuum mechanics based on integration of interactions rather than spatial differentiation of displacements. The book extends the classical theory of continuum mechanics to allow unguided modeling of crack propagation/fracture in brittle, quasi-brittle, and ductile materials; autonomous transition from continuous damage/fragmentation to fracture; modeling of long-range forces within a continuous body; and multiscale coupling in a consistent mathematical framework.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Part I: The Need for Nonlocal Modeling and Introduction to Peridynamics
part 2|2 pages
Part II: Mathematics, Numerics, and Software Tools of Peridynamics
part 3|2 pages
Part III: Material Models and Links to Atomistic Models
part 4|2 pages
Part IV: Modeling Material Failure and Damage
part 5|2 pages
Part V: Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling