Development of a EFG formulation for damage analysis of reinforced concrete beams

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 17-19, 2004, Pages 1503-1511

  Tiago, Carlos M ^a   Leitão, Vitor M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Concentrated load; Damage model; EFG; Mazars; MLS

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATED LOADS; DAMAGE MODELS; EFG; ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN (EFG); MAZARS; MLS; MOVING LEAST SQUARE (MLS) APPROXIMATIONS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 3042820286     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.03.046     Document Type: Article

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