Cohesive modeling of dynamic fracture in reinforced concrete

Computers and Concrete

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-400

  Yu, Rena C ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxin ^a   Ruiz, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohesive elements; Crack propagation time; Dynamic fracture

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN RATE;

COHESIVE ELEMENT; CONCRETE-STEEL INTERFACES; CRACK MOUTH OPENING DISPLACEMENT; CRACK-TIP POSITION; DIRECT SIMULATION; DYNAMIC FRACTURES; FRACTURE AND FRAGMENTATIONS; REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 52249104210     PISSN: 15988198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2008.5.4.389     Document Type: Article

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