Recent developments in the modeling of matrix crack propagation in brittle matrix composites

Brittle Matrix Composites 8, BMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 221-238

  Stang, Henrik ^a   Dick Nielsen, Lars ^a   Poulsen, Peter Noe ^a   Olesen, John Forbes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bridged Crack Model; Cementitious Composite Materials; Cohesive Crack Model; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Fictitious Crack Model; Fracture mechanics; Initial defects

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE COMPONENTS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN HARDENING;

BRIDGED CRACK; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; COHESIVE CRACK MODELS; FICTITIOUS CRACK MODEL; INITIAL DEFECTS;

CRACKS;

EID: 84874687441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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