Determination of the kink point in the bilinear softening model for concrete

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3806-3818

  Park, Kyoungsoo ^a   Paulino, Glaucio H ^a   Roesler, Jeffery R ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilinear softening; Cohesive zone model; Concrete; Fracture; Kink point; Two parameter fracture model (TPFM)

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK TIPS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BILINEAR SOFTENING; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; KINK POINT;

CONCRETES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CRACK TIPS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 44449168465     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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