Modelling masonry using the partition of unity method

Computational Plasticity: Fundamentals and Applications - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS VIII

Volumn , Issue PART 1, 2005, Pages 467-470

  De Proft, K ^a   Sluys, L J ^b  

^a PHL University College   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone models; Displacement discontinuities; Masonry; Partition of unity

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE LAWS; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; CRACKED JOINTS; CRITICAL LEVEL; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; FINITE ELEMENT SHAPE FUNCTIONS; MASONRY; MESOSCOPIC SCALE; PARTITION OF UNITY; PARTITION OF UNITY METHODS; STRESS STATE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICITY;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 84857173929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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