A new triangular layered plate element for the non-linear analysis of reinforced concrete slabs

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 699-709

  Zhang, Y X ^a   Bradford, M A ^a   Gilbert, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concrete cracking; Reinforced concrete slabs; Smeared fixed crack model; Tension stiffening; Triangular layered plate element; Updated Lagrangian approach

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACKS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CONCRETE CRACKING; LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; SMEARED FIXED CRACK MODEL; TENSION STIFFENING; TRIANGULAR LAYERED PLATE ELEMENT;

CONCRETE SLABS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CONCRETE SLABS; CRACKS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 33745866256     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.840     Document Type: Article

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