Fracture studies on 3D geometrically similar beams

Mungule, Mahesh and Raghuprasad, BK and Muralidhara, S (2013) Fracture studies on 3D geometrically similar beams. In: ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS, 98 . pp. 407-422.

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Abstract

In the present work, a discrete numerical approach is adopted to understand size effect and fracture behavior in concrete. First, a comparison is performed between 2D and 3D geometrically similar structures to analyze thickness effect. The study is supplemented with element failure pattern to analyze crack propagation. Further, changing influence of notch to depth ratio is analyzed by comparing 3D geometrically similar structures with different values of notch depth ratio. Finally, a statistical analysis is performed to understand the influence of structure size and heterogeneity on regression parameters namely Bf(t)' and D-0. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, ENGLAND.
Keywords:	Lattice modeling; 3D geometric similarity; Notch to depth ratio; Statistical analysis
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2013 09:52
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2013 09:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46333

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