Three-dimensional simulation of concrete fracture using embedded crack elements without enforcing crack path continuity

Computational Plasticity: Fundamentals and Applications - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS VIII

Volumn , Issue PART 1, 2005, Pages 479-482

  Sancho, José M ^a   Planas, Jaime ^a   Galvez, Jaime ^a   Cendón, David ^a   Fathy, Adel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D crack propagation; Embedded crack finite elements; Fracture; Strong discontinuities

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE CRACK MODELS; CONCRETE FRACTURE; CONSISTENT PROCEDURES; CRACK OPENING; CRACK PATH CONTINUITY; EMBEDDED CRACK FINITE ELEMENTS; EMBEDDED STRONG DISCONTINUITIES; FINITE ELEMENT; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; STRESS FIELD; STRONG DISCONTINUITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING ALGORITHM;

FRACTURE; PLASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACKS;

EID: 33847007877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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