Influence of Size on Failure of Concrete Elements

B. Trunk, F.H. Wittmann (1998). "Influence of Size on Failure of Concrete Elements." In Proceedings of FraMCoS 3, Gifu, Japan.

B. Trunk, F.H. Wittmann. "Influence of Size on Failure of Concrete Elements." Paper presented at FraMCoS 3, Gifu, Japan, 1998.

B. Trunk, F.H. Wittmann, "Influence of Size on Failure of Concrete Elements," in Proc. FraMCoS 3, Gifu, Japan, 1998.

@inproceedings{b-trunk1998,
  title     = {Influence of Size on Failure of Concrete Elements},
  author    = {B. Trunk, F.H. Wittmann},
  year      = {1998},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of FraMCoS 3},
  address   = {Gifu, Japan},
}

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TI  - Influence of Size on Failure of Concrete Elements
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CY  - Gifu, Japan
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AB  - Fracture energy of concrete is usually considered to be a specific value characterizing ·a homogeneous material. In many cases, however, the dimension of the maximum aggregate is not sufficiently small with respect to the dimensions of a given element. In these cases the heterogeneity of the composite material has to be taken into consideration. Below a characteristic volume measured values of fracture energy are not representative for the bulk material. On the other end of the size spectrum unstable failure may occur. Criteria for unstable crack propagation are formulated. Theoretical predictions are compared with numerical results.
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