A meso-level approach to the 3D numerical analysis of cracking and fracture of concrete materials

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 979-991

  Caballero, Antonio ^a   Carol, I ^a   Lopez C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fracture energy; Meso mechanics; Zero thickness interfaces

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MESO-MECHANICAL MODEL; MORTAR-PLUS-AGGREGATES MATRIX; ZERO-THICKNESS INTERFACE ELEMENTS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33751116538     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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