Numerical smeared fracture analysis: Nonlocal microcrack interaction approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 635-661

  Ožbolt, Joško ^a   Bažant, Zdenek P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete structures; Damage; Finite element analysis; Fracture; Microcracking; Nonlocal models

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BAZANT SIZE EFFECT LAW; NONLOCAL MODELS; QUASIBRITTLE FRACTURE; SMEARED CRACKING FINITE ELEMENT CODE; STRAIN SOFTENING;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE; FRACTURE MECHANISM; MICROCRACKING; NONLOCAL MODEL; SMEARED CRACK;

EID: 0029668674     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960229)39:4<635::AID-NME874>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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