A three-dimensional ductile damage model based on the endochronic plastic theory is developed and employed to characterize the failure process of double-edge notched thick-tension specimens. A ductile damage evolution equation is derived with a new intrinsic time-scale specifically defined to characterize damage evolution. Two damage failure criteria are proposed and employed to predict the failure loads and crack initiation sites which correspond well with those measured experimentally.
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