Our work on rate-independent systems was stimulated by our search for evolutionary
material models for shape-memory alloys that are flexible enough to encompass nonlinear …

We analyze a rate-independent model for damage evolution in elastic bodies. The central
quantities are a stored energy functional and a dissipation functional, which is assumed to …

Damage of an elastic body undergoing large deformations by a" hard-device" loading
possibly combined with an impact (modeled by a unilateral frictionless contact) of another …

Predictive theories of phenomena involving phase change with applications in engineering
are investigated in this volume, eg solid-liquid phase change, volume and surface damage …

Presented in this paper is a coupled damage model to predict the durability of concrete
elements strengthened by external bonding of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plates. Both …

A model for the evolution of damage that allows for complete disintegration is addressed.
Small strains and a linear response function are assumed. The “flow rule” for the damage …

We consider a model describing the evolution of damage in visco-elastic materials, where
both the stiffness and the viscosity properties are assumed to degenerate as the damaging …

In this paper we analyze a PDE system modeling (nonisothermal) phase transitions and
damage phenomena in thermoviscoelastic materials. The model is thermodynamically …

In this paper, we analyze a PDE system arising in the modeling of phase transition and
damage phenomena in thermoviscoelastic materials. The resulting evolution equations in …

Damage of a linearly-responding material that can completely disintegrate is addressed at
small strains. Using time-varying Dirichlet boundary conditions we set up a rateindependent …