Modelling of cohesive crack growth in concrete structures with the extended finite element method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 41-44, 2007, Pages 4087-4100

  Unger, Jörg F ^a   Eckardt, Stefan ^a   Könke, Carsten ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohesive crack; Concrete; Crack extension criterion; Extended finite element method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISCRETE CRACK SIMULATION; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE MESH REFINEMENT;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34547598492     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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