Scalar Damage and Healing Mechanics outlines the latest cutting-edge research in the field of scalar damage and healing mechanics, providing step-by-step insight on how to use scalar damage variables in various modeling scenarios. Additionally, the book discusses the latest advances in healing mechanics, covering the evolution of healing and damage, small damage and small healing, healing processes in series and in parallel, super healing, and the thermodynamics of damage and healing. Coupled systems, in which damage triggers self-healing as well as a decoupled system where healing occurs after damage is identified by external detection, are also discussed.

1. Effective Stress 2. Damage Evolution 3. Decomposition of the Damage Variable 4. Other Decomposition Issues 5. Other Damage Variables 6. Damage in Composite Materials - Overall Approach 7. Damage in Composite Materials - Local Approach 8. Complex Damage Variables 9. Damage Described in Terms of Stiffness Degradation 10. Damage Described in Terms of Area Reduction 11. Damage and Healing Mechanics 12. Evolution of Damage and Healing 13. Small Damage and Small Healing 14. Healing Processes in Series and in Parallel 15. Thermodynamics of Damage and Healing 16. Undamageable Materials 1 17. Undamageable Materials 2 18. Super Healing 19. Singularity Formation 20. Stages of the Damage Process 21. Independent and Dependent Damage Processes 22. Special Damage Processes Described Mathematically 23. Damage in Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Lithium Ion Batteries 24. Logarithmic and Exponential Damage 25. Integrity and Damageability 26. Unhealable Damage and Undamageable Integrity 27. Nonlinear Healing 28. Stages of the Healing Process 29. Integrity Field 30. Healing Field 31. Small Damage in Composite Materials 32. Composition of Damage Variables