Saw-tooth softening/stiffening - A stable computational procedure for RC structures

Computers and Concrete

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-233

  Rots, Jan G ^a   Invernizzi, Stefano ^b,c   Belletti, Beatrice ^c,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cracking; Fracture; Reinforced concrete; Saw tooth softening; Sequentially linear analysis; Snap back; Softening

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

RC STRUCTURES; SAW-TOOTH SOFTENING; SEQUENTIALLY LINEAR ANALYSIS; SNAP-BACK; SOFTENING;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 33748707783     PISSN: 15988198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2006.3.4.213     Document Type: Article

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