Size-Effect Testing of Cohesive Fracture Parameters and Nonuniqueness of Work-of-Fracture Method

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 580-588

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a   Yu, Qiang ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Parameters; Size effect

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE CRACK MODELS; COHESIVE FRACTURE; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; LARGE STRUCTURES; LOAD-DEFLECTION CURVE; NONUNIQUENESS; NOTCHED BEAM; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; PARAMETERS; PEAK LOAD; POST-PEAK; POST-PEAK SOFTENING; QUASI-BRITTLE FRACTURE; QUASIBRITTLE MATERIAL; SIZE EFFECTS; SIZE RANGES;

CONCRETE TESTING; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FRACTURE TESTING;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKING; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIZE EFFECT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79961051130     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000254     Document Type: Article

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