FraMCoS 3 1998 Gifu, Japan

A New Simplified and Efficient Technique for Fracture Behavior Analysis off Concrete Structures

A new method for fracture analysis of reinforced concrete structures is proposed. The concrete is modeled as an assembly of distinct elements made by dividing the concrete virtually. These elements are connected by distributed springs in both normal and tangential…

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Abstract

A new method for fracture analysis of reinforced concrete structures is proposed. The concrete is modeled as an assembly of distinct elements made by dividing the concrete virtually. These elements are connected by distributed springs in both normal and tangential directions. The reinforcement bars are modeled as continuos springs connecting elements together. A brief comparison between the proposed method and other numerical techniques like FEM, RBSM and EDEM is carried out to show the strong points of our proposed method.