A coupled two-scale computational scheme for the failure of periodic quasi-brittle thin planar shells and its application to masonry

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1177-1206

  Mercatoris, B C N ^a   Massart, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational homogenization; Embedded strong discontinuities; Failure coarse graining; Multi scale modeling; Thin planar shells

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAINING; COMPUTATIONAL HOMOGENIZATION; EMBEDDED STRONG DISCONTINUITIES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; THIN PLANAR SHELLS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; MASONRY MATERIALS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 79251487815     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3018     Document Type: Article

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