A micromechanical constitutive model for the behavior of concrete

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-379

  Mattei, Norma J ^a   Mehrabadi, Morteza M ^b   Zhu, Huaning ^b  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic behavior; Concrete; Constitutive behavior; Double shearing; Microstructure (fabric); Multi scale modeling

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; MORTAR;

ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIOR; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE SHEARING; MICROSTRUCTURE (FABRIC); MULTI-SCALE MODELING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 37849185485     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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