An extended finite element strategy for the analysis of crack growth in damaging concrete structures

ECCOMAS 2004 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Comi, Claudia ^a   Mariani, Stefano ^a   Perego, Umberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohesive models; Extended finite element method; Non local damage; Quasi brittle materials

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE CRACK MODELING; COHESIVE MODEL; CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENTS; NON-LOCAL DAMAGE; NON-LOCAL DAMAGE MODELS; QUASIBRITTLE MATERIAL;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84893493472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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