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The existence of numerous microcracks causes changes in the stiffness or fracture toughness of materials. In this paper, the manifestations of mechanical properties in the damaged materials caused by the microcracks are evaluated by the present homogenization method based on the superposition method together with the VNA solution. Moreover, it is known that the stress concentration at the macrocrack tip decreases due to the stress relaxation effect caused by the existence of the microcracks. In order to evaluate the manifestations of mechanical behavior, the mechanical effects of the existence of the microcracks on the macrocrack, the component separation method for mixed-mode stress intensity factors of the macrocrack in the damaged materials is newly developed in this paper. Various numerical analyses are successfully conducted for the two topics, the mechanical properties of the damaged materials and the mechanical behavior of the macrocrack in the damaged materials.
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Kato, T., Nishioka, T. Analysis of micro--macro material properties and mechanical effects of damaged material containing periodically distributed elliptical microcracks. Int J Fract 131, 247–266 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-004-4558-z
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