Characteristic features of concrete behaviour: Implications for the development of an engineering finite-element tool

Kotsovos, MD; Pavlovic, MN; Cotsovos, DM

dc.contributor.author	Kotsovos, MD	en
dc.contributor.author	Pavlovic, MN	en
dc.contributor.author	Cotsovos, DM	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:28:02Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:28:02Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	1598-8198	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18674
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dc.subject	Brittle behaviour	en
dc.subject	Concrete	en
dc.subject	Constitutive law	en
dc.subject	Nonlinear finite element analysis	en
dc.subject	Static (monotonie and cyclic) and dynamic (earthquake and impact) loading	en
dc.subject	Structural concrete	en
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications	en
dc.subject.classification	Construction & Building Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Materials Science, Characterization & Testing	en
dc.subject.other	Concrete construction	en
dc.subject.other	Concretes	en
dc.subject.other	Forecasting	en
dc.subject.other	Brittle behaviour	en
dc.subject.other	Concrete	en
dc.subject.other	Constitutive law	en
dc.subject.other	Nonlinear finite element analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Static (monotonie and cyclic) and dynamic (earthquake and impact) loading	en
dc.subject.other	Structural concrete	en
dc.subject.other	Finite element method	en
dc.title	Characteristic features of concrete behaviour: Implications for the development of an engineering finite-element tool	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	The present article summarises the fundamental characteristics of concrete behaviour which underlie the formulation of an engineering finite element model capable of realistically predicting the behaviour of (plain or reinforced) concrete structural forms in a wide range of problems ranging from static to impact loading without the need of any kind of re-calibration. The already published evidence supporting the proposed formulation is complemented by four additional typical case studies presented herein; for each case, a comparative study is carried out between numerical predictions and the experimental data which reveals good agreement. Such evidence validates the material characteristics upon which the FE model's formulation is based and provides an alternative explanation regarding the behaviour of structural concrete and how it should be modelled which contradicts the presently (widely) accepted assumptions adopted in the majority of FE models used to predict the behaviour of concrete.	en
heal.publisher	TECHNO-PRESS	en
heal.journalName	Computers and Concrete	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000257713000004	en
dc.identifier.volume	5	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	243	en
dc.identifier.epage	260	en