How to use lumped damage mechanics: Two-dimensional solids.2026. V.C. Guimaraes, P.; Chang-Qi Pan.; A. Picón, R.; L.N.F. Amorim, D.; Yan-Gao Hu.; P.B. Proença, S.; Flórez López, J
This paper proposes an extension of Jean Lemaitre’s Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) into a unified framework denoted Lumped Damage Mechanics (LDM), capable of integrating diffuse micro-damage and localized fracture processes.