A new three-dimensional FEM model on arch dam cracking analysis

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 261-263, Issue II, 2004, Pages 1569-1574

  Lin, P ^a   Zhou, W Y ^a   Yang, Q ^a   Hu, Y J ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cracking; Damage criterion; Interface coupled; The least potential energy method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

DAMAGE CRITERION; INTERFACE-COUPLED; THE LEAST POTENTIAL ENERGY METHOD; VERTICAL CRACKS;

ARCH DAMS;

EID: 3142732030     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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