Numerical prediction of crack propagation and crack widths in concrete structures

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1832-1840

  Theiner, Yvonne ^a   Hofstetter, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggregate interlock; Concrete; Crack model; Crack path; Crack width; Strong discontinuity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE INTERLOCK; CRACK MODEL; CRACK PATH; CRACK WIDTH; STRONG DISCONTINUITY;

CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE SLABS; CONCRETES; CRACK PROPAGATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRACKS;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 67349122305     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.02.041     Document Type: Article

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