An analytical model based on strain localisation for the study of size-scale and slenderness effects in uniaxial compression tests

Strain

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-362

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Corrado, M ^a   Paggi, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

compression; concrete like materials; crushing energy; size effects; strain localisation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COHESIVE CRACK MODELS; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CONCRETE-LIKE MATERIALS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CRACK MODEL; CRUSHING ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PLAIN CONCRETE; POST-PEAK; PRE-PEAK; QUASIBRITTLE MATERIAL; SIZE EFFECTS; STRAIN LOCALISATION; STRESS-DISPLACEMENT; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; CRUSHING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EID: 77955526802     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2009.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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