From the reviews: "Many new ideas are presented and discussed. So the book can be recommended to all engineers and students of engineering concerned with lifetime prediction and with the failure resistant design of structures, components and processes ... . The book is an excellent comprehensive guide to Damage Mechanics." (H. Altenbach, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 85 (11), 2005)

• Background on Continuum Damage Mechanics.- Numerical Analysis of Damage.- Ductile Failures.- Low Cycle Fatigue.- Creep, Creep-Fatigue, and Dynamic Failures.- High Cycle Fatigue.- Failure of Brittle and Quasi-Brittle Materials.

From the reviews: "Many new ideas are presented and discussed. So the book can be recommended to all engineers and students of engineering concerned with lifetime prediction and with the failure resistant design of structures, components and processes ... . The book is an excellent comprehensive guide to Damage Mechanics." (H. Altenbach, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 85 (11), 2005)

• Background on Continuum Damage Mechanics.- Numerical Analysis of Damage.- Ductile Failures.- Low Cycle Fatigue.- Creep, Creep-Fatigue, and Dynamic Failures.- High Cycle Fatigue.- Failure of Brittle and Quasi-Brittle Materials.

From the reviews: "Many new ideas are presented and discussed. So the book can be recommended to all engineers and students of engineering concerned with lifetime prediction and with the failure resistant design of structures, components and processes ... . The book is an excellent comprehensive guide to Damage Mechanics." (H. Altenbach, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 85 (11), 2005)

• Background on Continuum Damage Mechanics.- Numerical Analysis of Damage.- Ductile Failures.- Low Cycle Fatigue.- Creep, Creep-Fatigue, and Dynamic Failures.- High Cycle Fatigue.- Failure of Brittle and Quasi-Brittle Materials.