Tension-Compression Damage Model with Consistent Crack Bandwidths for Concrete Materials
This paper proposes a tension-compression damage model for concrete materials, formulated within the framework of thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The aim of this work is to solve the following problems: the premature divergence of numerical solutions under general loading conditions due to...
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doaj-846a3acf6a844112ab3d57d08e3429862020-11-24T21:26:24ZengHindawi LimitedAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942019-01-01201910.1155/2019/28101082810108Tension-Compression Damage Model with Consistent Crack Bandwidths for Concrete MaterialsWei He0Ying Xu1Yu Cheng2Peng-Fei Jia3Ting-Ting Fu4School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Science & Technology, Huainan, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Science & Technology, Huainan, ChinaJiangsu Transportation Institute, Nanjing, ChinaJiangsu Transportation Institute, Nanjing, ChinaGeneral Station of Construction Project Quality & Safety for Administration and Supervision, Jinhua, ChinaThis paper proposes a tension-compression damage model for concrete materials, formulated within the framework of thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The aim of this work is to solve the following problems: the premature divergence of numerical solutions under general loading conditions due to the conflict of tensile and compressive damage bounding surfaces, which is a result of the application of the spectral decomposition method to distinguish tension and compression, and the unsatisfactory reproduction of distinct tension-compression behaviors of concrete by strain-driven damage models. The former is solved by the sign of the volumetric deformation, while the latter is solved via two separated dissipation mechanisms. Moreover, of specific interest is an improved solution to the problem of mesh-size dependency using consistent crack bandwidths, which takes into account situations with irregular meshes and arbitrary crack directions in the context of the crack band approach. The performance of the model is validated by the well-documented experimental data. The simplicity and the explicit integration of the constitutive equations render the model well suitable for large-scale computations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2810108 |
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Tension-Compression Damage Model with Consistent Crack Bandwidths for Concrete Materials |
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Tension-Compression Damage Model with Consistent Crack Bandwidths for Concrete Materials |
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This paper proposes a tension-compression damage model for concrete materials, formulated within the framework of thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The aim of this work is to solve the following problems: the premature divergence of numerical solutions under general loading conditions due to the conflict of tensile and compressive damage bounding surfaces, which is a result of the application of the spectral decomposition method to distinguish tension and compression, and the unsatisfactory reproduction of distinct tension-compression behaviors of concrete by strain-driven damage models. The former is solved by the sign of the volumetric deformation, while the latter is solved via two separated dissipation mechanisms. Moreover, of specific interest is an improved solution to the problem of mesh-size dependency using consistent crack bandwidths, which takes into account situations with irregular meshes and arbitrary crack directions in the context of the crack band approach. The performance of the model is validated by the well-documented experimental data. The simplicity and the explicit integration of the constitutive equations render the model well suitable for large-scale computations. |
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