this research, formulation of tensile phenomena conducted, and Finite Element Method (FEM) for a body containing displacement discontinuity is considered as a suitable method for investigation of tensile fracture behavior in concrete structures. the aid of the formulation and FEM,…
this research, formulation of tensile phenomena conducted, and Finite Element Method (FEM) for a body containing displacement discontinuity is considered as a suitable method for investigation of tensile fracture behavior in concrete structures. the aid of the formulation and FEM, several factors fracture are examined, such as, unloading softening behavior, and the transmission of shear stresses across surfaces. Special attention is paid to whether or not model can reproduce the process whereby smaller cracks, generated uniformly in concrete, can join to form a .., ......... J-, ... .., which keeps growing and opening. A plain concrete without a notch is analyzed to demonstrate the phenomena of cracking localization Mode-I crack growth. Pullout test specimen of practical significance is considered to study the crack growth phenomena mixed-mode loading conditions. The effect of shear transfer across crack surfaces on cracking localization is also examined.