简介:Toconsidertheanisotropicdamageinfatigue,animprovedboom-panelmodelispresentedtosimulatearepresentativevolumeelement(RVE)intheframeworkofcontinuumdamagemechanics.TheanisotropicdamagestateoftheRVEisdescribedbythecontinuityextentsofboomsandpanels,whosedamageevolutionsareassumedtobeisotropic.Thenumericalimplementationisproposedonthebasisofdamagemechanicsandthefiniteelementmethod.Finally,theapproachisappliedtothefatiguelifepredictionof2A12-T4aluminiumalloyspecimenundercyclicloadingoftension-torsion.Theresultsindicateagoodagreementwiththeexperimentaldata.