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Analysis of crack formation and crack growth in concrete by means of fracture mechanics and finite elements

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In this article, fracture mechanics is introduced into finite element analysis by means of a model where stresses are assumed to act across a crack as long as it is narrowly opened, which may be regarded as a way of expressing the energy adsorption in the energy balance approach.
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This article is published in Cement and Concrete Research.The article was published on 1976-11-01. It has received 5505 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Crack growth resistance curve & Fracture mechanics.

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Multi-scale cohesive laws in hierarchical materials

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of structural hierarchy on flaw insensibility of materials from the viewpoint of multi-scale cohesive laws are investigated, and two idealized, self-similar models of hierarchical materials, one mimicking gecko attachment system and the other mimicking the mineral-protein composite structure of bone, are considered.
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Predicting the residual strength for environmentally degraded adhesive lap joints

TL;DR: In this paper, a cohesive zone model was used to predict the residual strength of degraded adhesively bonded lap joints, and a mixed mode interfacial rupture element was proposed with a traction-separation law.
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A triaxiality and Lode parameter dependent ductile fracture criterion

TL;DR: In this article, a fracture locus is obtained by performing micromechanical analyses on the computational cells by deforming computational cells along paths of predefined stress states described by two dimensionless stress-state parameters: stress triaxiality (T σ ) and Lode parameter (L ).
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Behaviour of steel beam to concrete-filled SHS column frames: Finite element model and verifications

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the behavior of the composite frame with concrete-filled square hollow section (SHS) columns to steel beam, under a constant axial load on columns and a lateral cyclic load on the frame.
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Fracture energy-based optimisation of steel fibre reinforced concretes

TL;DR: In this article, the combined effect of water/cement ratio, steel fibre tensile strength and volume fraction of fiber on mechanical behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) was investigated.