Numerical strategies for prediction of drying cracks in heterogeneous materials: Comparison upon experimental results

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 920-931

  Lagier, F ^a   Jourdain, X ^a   De Sa, C ^a   Benboudjema, F ^a   Colliat, J B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Cracking; Drying; Finite Elements simulations; Mesoscopic scale; Shrinkage; Strain incompatibilities

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; CRACKING; FINITE ELEMENTS SIMULATION; MESOSCOPIC SCALE; STRAIN INCOMPATIBILITIES;

AGGLOMERATION; CEMENTS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; SHRINKAGE; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DRYING;

CEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; SANDSTONE; SHRINKAGE; STRAIN;

EID: 79251601123     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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