Publication detail

Fracture of advanced building materials: aspects of modelling

VESELÝ, V. KERŠNER, Z. KNÉSL, Z.

Original Title

Fracture of advanced building materials: aspects of modelling

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The category of cement-based composites lies unquestionably among the most advanced materials in the field of structural engineering. Appropriate structural design is conditioned by the ability to predict real structural responses with respect to these materials. This goal can be attained by using robust computational tools with the implementation of proper failure models based on non-linear fracture mechanics. The efficient and reliable application of the models depends on the successful fine-tuning of corresponding material parameters. Fracture energy is one of the most frequent parameters within the field of numerical modelling of cementitious composites. The presented paper deals with aspects of modelling for the elimination or capturing of size and geometry effects on the value of fracture energy. Special attention is paid to a three-point bending tests of a specimens with a central edge notch.

Keywords

cementitious composites, numerical modelling, fracture experiment, fracture energy

Authors

VESELÝ, V.; KERŠNER, Z.; KNÉSL, Z.

RIV year

2007

Released

10. 9. 2007

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

ISBN

978-90-5966-054-0

Book

Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Mechanics a nd Computation

Pages from

643

Pages to

649

Pages count

7

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT23223,
  author="Václav {Veselý} and Zbyněk {Keršner} and Zdeněk {Knésl}",
  title="Fracture of advanced building materials: aspects of modelling",
  booktitle="Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Mechanics a nd Computation",
  year="2007",
  pages="643--649",
  address="Cape Town, South Africa",
  isbn="978-90-5966-054-0"
}