Continuous-discontinuous modelling for quasi-brittle failure: propagating cracks in a regularised bulk
A new strategy to describe failure of quasi-brittle materials -concrete, for example- is presented. Traditionally, numerical simulation of quasi-brittle failure has been tackled from two different points of view: damage mechanics and fracture mechanics. The former, which belongs to the family of con...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/134803 |