Damage effect on thermo-mechanical fields in a mid-thick plate

The paper aims at the analysis of damage mechanisms and its influence on heat flow in a mid-thick Reissner's plate. Adapting the concept of thermo-damage coupling in continuum damage mechanics, the following two 2D coupled problems are formulated: heat transfer through nonhomogeneous partly damaged material and Reissner's membrane-plate made of aluminium alloy, subjected to brittle damage resulting from mechanical and thermal loadings.