Mesoscopic study of concrete II: Nonlinear finite element analysis

Computers and Structures

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 545-556

  Kwan, A K H ^a   Wang, Z M ^a   Chan, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Concrete; Mesoscopic study; Nonlinear finite element analysis; Random Aggregate structure; Size effect; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RANDOM AGGREGATE STRUCTURE; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0033101982     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00178-3     Document Type: Article

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