Modelling of concrete behaviour in uniaxial compression and tension with DEM

Granular Matter

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-164

  Nitka, M ^a   Tejchman, J ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Damage; DEM; Fracture; Micro structure; Plain concrete; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE;

CONCRETE HETEROGENEITY; DAMAGE; DISPLACEMENT FLUCTUATIONS; DISSIPATED ENERGY; PLAIN CONCRETE; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 84922197921     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: 14347636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-015-0546-4     Document Type: Article

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