Fracture modeling using a micro structural mechanics approach - I. Theory and formulation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1941-1958

  Chang, C S ^a   Wang, T K ^b   Sluys, L J ^c   Van Mier, J G M ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts at Amherst   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concrete; Damage mechanics; Fracture; Micro structural model; Stress strain relationship

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN; STRESSES;

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036740754     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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