Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials (Electronic book text)

The book contains invited lectures from the International Symposium on the Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials, held in Krakow, Poland, September 9-11, 2002. Eminent researchers and world experts in the field of damage mechanics report recent achievements and state-of-the-art results in the field. The book deals with the anisotropic damage mechanics involving micromechanical aspects and thermo-mechanical coupling.  The contents are  both of  academic interest and  relevant  f practical applications, especially those concerning more advanced anisotropic models of materials and the transition from the microscopic to the macroscopic level.