Gradient and fracture energy-based plasticity theory for quasi-brittle materials like concrete

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2009.09.025zbMath1231.74393MaRDI QIDQ658718

Sonia M. Vrech, Guillermo Etse

Publication date: 8 February 2012

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2009.09.025

zbMATH Keywords

fracture energy; quasi-brittle materials; gradient elastoplasticity; non-local constitutive model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74R20: Anelastic fracture and damage

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

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