Numerical analysis of crack propagation in tension specimens of concrete considered as a 2D multicracked granular composite

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-21

  Wang, J ^a,b,c   Navi, P ^a,b,c,e   Huet, C ^a,b,c,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratory of Building Materials   (Switzerland)

^c RILEM   (Saudi Arabia)

^d RILEM Technical Committees 107 GCS

^e Microstructural Models Expert S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030623222     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02498735     Document Type: Article

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