Determination of representative volume element in concrete under tensile deformation

Computers and Concrete

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-50

  Skarzynski L ^a   Tejchman, J ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Characteristic length; Concrete; Damage mechanics; Heterogeneous material; Representative volume element (RVE); Softening; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; STRAIN; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DAMAGE MECHANICS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SOFTENING; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84855334363     PISSN: 15988198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2012.9.1.035     Document Type: Article

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