Mesoscale modelling of concrete for static and dynamic response analysis Part 1: Model development and implementation

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-213

  Tu, Zhenguo ^a   Lu, Yong ^b  

^a IKM Ocean Design As   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete; Explicit time integration; Material heterogeneity; Mesoscale model; Multi phase material; Nonlinear analysis

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EXPLICIT TIME INTEGRATION; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; INTERFACE TRANSITION ZONES; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; MESO-SCALE MODELING; MESOSCALE MODELLING; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 78651311797     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2011.37.2.197     Document Type: Article

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