On advanced solution strategies to overcome locking effects in strong discontinuity approaches

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1313-1341

  Mosler, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cracks; Discontinuous displacements; Locking; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACKS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LOCKING EFFECTS; MICRO-DEFECTS; MIXED-MODE MATERIAL MODEL; STRONG DISCONTINUITY APPROACH (SDA);

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; CRACK;

EID: 21444446371     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1329     Document Type: Article

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