Three-dimensional fracture simulations based on the SDA

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-212

  Feist, Christian ^a   Hofstetter, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Concrete; Crack; Finite element; Fracture; Strong discontinuity approach; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

PARTIAL DOMAIN TRACKING ALGORITHM; STRONG DISCONTINUITY APPROACH;

CONCRETES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; CONCRETE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33846959511     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.542     Document Type: Article

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