Numerical Simulation of Failure Process of Concrete Under Compression Based on Mesoscopic Discrete Element Model

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Wang, Zhuolin ^a   Lin, Feng ^a   Gu, Xianglin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

concrete; discrete element method (DEM); mesostructure; numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MORTAR; NUMERICAL MODELS; RIGID STRUCTURES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; LARGER DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MESOSTRUCTURES; MOHR COULOMB CRITERION; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RIGID BODY SPRING MODELS; VORONOI DIAGRAM METHOD;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 85042617601     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(08)70121-4     Document Type: Article

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