Rabotnov damageparameter and description of delayed fracture: Results, current status, application to fracture mechanics, and prospects

This paper presents a review of studies of delayed fracture and fracture mechanics problems in which the hypotheses and ideas of Yu. N. Rabotnov and L. M. Kachanov on the mechanisms of delayed fracture under creep conditions are extended to describe fracture processes using scalar and tensor measures of damage. The results of current research in the theory of elasticity, the mathematical theory of plasticity and creep, the mechanics of composites, and linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics, with material damage taken into account.