On representative volume element size for the analysis of masonry structures

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Novak J ^a   Sejnoha M ^a   Zeman, J ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

First order homogenization; Fracture energy; Masonry; Unit cell definition

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE-STRESS-STRAIN CURVE; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FIRST-ORDER; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; HISTORICAL BRIDGES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MACROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; MACROSCOPIC MATERIALS; MASONRY; MASONRY STRUCTURES; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; SIZE STRUCTURE; STATISTICALLY EQUIVALENT PERIODIC UNIT CELL; STILL MISSING; STRAIN-SOFTENING MATERIALS; UNIT CELLS;

CELLS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; MASONRY MATERIALS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 80053399270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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