Comparison of continuous and discontinuous constitutive models to simulate concrete behaviour under mixed-mode failure conditions

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 406-435

  Bobiński, Jerzy ^a   Tejchman, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crack; Damage mechanics; Elasto plasticity; Numerical simulations; Strain localization; XFEM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; TENSILE TESTING;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DRUCKER PRAGER CRITERION; ELASTO-PLASTIC MODELS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NON-ASSOCIATED FLOW RULE; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; XFEM;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

CONCRETE; CRACK; DAMAGE MECHANICS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84958974440     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.2411     Document Type: Article

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