FraMCoS 8 2013 Toledo, Spain

Modelling of Concrete Cracking for the Design of SHM Systems: Comparison of Implicit Gradient Damage Models and Simplified Linear Representations

It has been commonly agreed that the crack propagation within concrete structures can be realistically simulated by non-local damage models. Due to their low complexity and computa- tional cost, simplified damage models are frequently used in virtual testing calculations of…

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Abstract

It has been commonly agreed that the crack propagation within concrete structures can be realistically simulated by non-local damage models. Due to their low complexity and computa- tional cost, simplified damage models are frequently used in virtual testing calculations of structural health monitoring applications. This contribution aims at justifying the application of such simplified damagemodelsforearly damage states.