Efficient modeling of localized material failure by means of a variationally consistent embedded strong discontinuity approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1008-1041

  Mosler, J ^a   Stankovic L ^b   Radulovic R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embedded strong discontinuities; Finite elements; Homogenization; Material failure; SDA; Variational constitutive updates

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED STRONG DISCONTINUITIES; FINITE ELEMENT; HOMOGENIZATION; MATERIAL FAILURE; SDA; VARIATIONAL CONSTITUTIVE UPDATES;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DEFORMATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 80755153776     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3210     Document Type: Article

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