Computational aspects of inverse analyses for determining softening curves of concrete

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 195, Issue 52, 2006, Pages 7223-7236

  Slowik, Volker ^a   Villmann, Beate ^a   Bretschneider, Nick ^a   Villmann, Thomas ^b  

^a LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concrete; Evolutionary algorithm; Inverse analysis; Strain softening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; STRAIN SOFTENING; STRAIN SOFTENING CURVES;

CONCRETES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN;

EID: 33748762795     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.04.021     Document Type: Article

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