Cohesive crack analysis of size effect

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2163-2173

  Cusatis, Gianluca ^a   Schauffert, Edward A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive crack law; Concrete; Fracture energy; Quasi brittle fracture; Size effect

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE CRACK LAW; COHESIVE CRACKS; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-BRITTLE FRACTURE; SIZE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECT LAW; SIZE EFFECTS; TEST CONFIGURATIONS;

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; CONCRETES; CRACKS; FRACTURE ENERGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SIZE DETERMINATION;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 69249221281     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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