Simulation of fracture of cementitious composites with explicit modeling of microstructural features

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1245-1263

  Tijssens, M G A ^a   Sluys, L J ^a   Van der Giessen, E ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesive surfaces; Concrete; Finite elements; Fracture mechanisms; Mesostructure

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COHESIVE SURFACE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035849948     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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