Abstract: Based on the concept of the effective stress and on the description of anisotropic damage deformation within the framework of continuum damage mechanics, a fourth order damage effective tensor ...

Abstract: In this paper the kinematics of damage for finite elastic deformations is introduced using the fourth-order damage effect tensor through the concept of the effective stress within the framework ...

Abstract: This paper presents a computational model for the finite element plastic damage analysis of ductile flexural plates. The phenomenological damage model proposed by Lemaitre is adopted here. The ...

Abstract: A refined theory for the flexural motions of composite plates is presented. The theory incorporates rotatory inertia in addition to the influence of transverse normal strain, transverse normal ...

Abstract: In this paper a total stress‐strain constitutive model is employed to simulate concrete response prior to cracking. A smeared crack approach is used to simulate the effect of cracking in concrete, and the model is capable ...

Abstract: A new postcracking formulation for concrete, along with both implicit and explicit layering procedures, is used in the analysis of reinforced-concrete (RC) flexural and torsional elements. The postcracking formulation ...

Abstract: The equations governing the bending of plates, taking into account the influence of transverse normal strain, are recast into a form involving the average transverse displacement function,

Abstract: Results of miniature piezocone penetration tests (PCPT) on cohesive soil specimens in a calibration chamber system are presented. The influence of soil type, stress history, penetration boundary conditions, and filter ...

Abstract: Soil embankment settlement causes concrete approach slabs of bridges to lose their contact and support from the soil. When soil settlement occurs, the slab will bend in a concave manner that causes a sudden change in slope ...