FraMCoS 6 2007 Catania, Italy

Computational Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures: A Retrospective through Multiple Lenses

The history of the application of computational fracture mechanics to concrete structures, now 5 decades old, is interesting from many perspectives. In this paper, a retrospective of computational fracture mechanicsinconcretestructures(ComFraMCoS)ispresentedthroughfivelenses. Theselensesclarifyresearch trends through an historical overview. We intend to interlace…

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Abstract

The history of the application of computational fracture mechanics to concrete structures, now 5 decades old, is interesting from many perspectives. In this paper, a retrospective of computational fracture mechanicsinconcretestructures(ComFraMCoS)ispresentedthroughfivelenses. Theselensesclarifyresearch trends through an historical overview. We intend to interlace the views through these lenses to sometimes offer admittedly slanted insights, to question the status quo and to provoke thought and discussion about future directions of ComFraMCoS.