Abstract: The physical processes that govern the dynamic interaction between a soil continuum and an abutting or embedded structure are very complex and, often, highly nonlinear, requiring a numerical approach for the solution of ...

Abstract: In this paper, a rate‐independent constitutive model for plain concrete is proposed for application to the analysis of impulse‐loaded structural members. The model combines a continuum damage approach, using a scalar damage ...

Abstract: The theories of continuum damage mechanics and plasticity are combined in a strain‐based phenomenological approach to yield an effective constitutive model for plain concrete. The model reproduces the majority of the typical ...

Abstract: Methods for the assessment of structural designs or existing structural systems for susceptibility to disproportionate (progressive) collapse and prescriptive methods intended to mitigate or decrease the likelihood of ...

Abstract: A hybrid numerical approach, which combines the finite difference technique and the finite element method, is coupled with a nonlocal continuum damage/plasticity model for plain concrete, a rate‐dependent cap model for ...