Nonlocal strain-softening model of quasi-brittle materials using boundary element method (Q1614515)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1797377
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    Nonlocal strain-softening model of quasi-brittle materials using boundary element method
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1797377

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      Nonlocal strain-softening model of quasi-brittle materials using boundary element method (English)
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      8 September 2002
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      The strain-softening localization problem is studied by boundary element method. A placticity model with yield limit degradation is implemented in a boundary element program to investigate the fracture behavior of quasi-brittle materials. A special integration algorithm is formulated and applied to deal with singular integrations encountered in the volume integrals over internal cells where strain-softening occurs. Additionally, a nonlocal strain-softening localization limiter is incorporated into the boundary element analysis to avoid the localization problem and to attain realistic results.
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      strain-softening localization
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      boundary element method
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      placticity
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      yield limit degradation
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      fracture
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      quasi-brittle materials
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      singular integrations
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      nonlocal strain-softening localization limiter
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