The paper gives an introduction to the FraMCoS-2 conference workshop on "Numerical Modelling and Determination of Fracture Mechanics Parameters". Essential for practical applications of numerical fracture models to emerge is that the model parameters are defined in an unbiased manner.…
The paper gives an introduction to the FraMCoS-2 conference workshop on "Numerical Modelling and Determination of Fracture Mechanics Parameters". Essential for practical applications of numerical fracture models to emerge is that the model parameters are defined in an unbiased manner. Experimental research is essential to measure the necessary material constants. However, it is not always clear the model parameters are indeed unbiased, and moreover, whether experimental method adopted gives the parameters needed in a certain model. The aim of the workshop is to bring together experimentalists and numerical specialists in order to better grasp the problems encountered both experimentation and in modelling, and hopefully to come to a better formulation of fracture mechanics parameters, their definition and the way which they should be measured for any given type of concrete or rock.