New iterative method to obtain the softening curve in concrete

Autor: F.J. Gómez, M. A. Martin-Rengel, J. Ruiz-Hervias, Adel Fathy, Filippo Berto
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Procedia Structural Integrity. 2:2841-2848
ISSN: 2452-3216
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2016.06.355
Popis: An original procedure to determine the softening curve in concrete has been proposed by the authors. This inverse method combines experimental results, finite element simulations and an iterative algorithm to adjust the experimental data. The end product of the process is a softening curve that allows us to very accurately reproduce the experimental curves. The proposed method calculates the fracture energy from the cohesive softening curve model, which in turn is iteratively determined by adjusting experimental load-displacement data of three-point bending tests. The procedure has been successfully applied to two conventional concretes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE