Boundary element method for the strain-softening response of quasi-brittle materials in compression

Computers and Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 389-401

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Ciola, Francesco ^a   Pugno, Nicola ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACK PROPAGATION; STRAIN;

QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS; STRAIN-SOFTENING RESPONSE;

BRITTLENESS;

EID: 0035255128     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(00)00149-8     Document Type: Article

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