The present paper proposes a constitutive theory for concrete based on the geometry of its mesostructure and the actual kinetics of the microcrack evolution. The only material parameters used within the context of the proposed formulation are those associated with the elastic, macroscopic response a
A damage model for concrete beams in compression
✍ Scribed by A. Cimetière; D. Halm; E. Molines
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0093-6413
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