The present work is concerned with the meshfree modelling of dynamic fracture in con- crete. The Optimal Transportation Meshfree(OTM) method is chosen for its numerous advantages such as the exact mass transport, the satisfaction of the continuity equation, exact linear…
The present work is concerned with the meshfree modelling of dynamic fracture in con- crete. The Optimal Transportation Meshfree(OTM) method is chosen for its numerous advantages such as the exact mass transport, the satisfaction of the continuity equation, exact linear and angular momentumconservation, consequently numerical problems such as spurious modes, tensile instabil- ities are resolved naturally. In addition, the energy-based variational material point failure algorithm (Eigen-Erosion) is employed to predict the crack propagation in concrete under dynamic loading con- ditions due to the properties of Γ-Convergence and mesh independence. The OTM and EigenErosion approaches are validated in our simulations of dynamic fracture propagation in concrete loaded in the three point bending tests through a drop weight impact device. High fidelity predictions of the reaction and impact forces are obtained by comparing to the experimental measurements.