TY - BOOK AU - Talreja,R. TI - A Continuum Mechanics Characterization of Damage in Composite Materials N2 - The mechanical response of a composite material damaged in fatigue, or in any other loading mode, is characterized by a set of vector fields, each representing a damage mode. Constitutive equations are derived for isothermal small-deformation behaviour following attainment of a damage state. For small damage, the elastic constants of a damage state are related to those of the undamaged state. The usefulness of these relations in characterizing the development of damage, for instance during fatigue, is discussed UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FfvC-dXqa_MttSmXdaazl0K-409l0iUz/view?usp=drivesdk ER -