Abstract: Traditional smeared-crack models for concrete fracture are known to suffer by stress locking (meaning here spurious stress transfer across widely opening cracks), mesh-induced directional bias, and possible instability at ...

Abstract: This paper extends the standard rotating crack (RC) model to a formulation with multiple orthogonal cracks. The corresponding stress evaluation algorithm is described, and a derivation of the tangent stiffness matrix is ...

Abstract: The stopping process of debris-flow pulses is a complex phenomenon that expresses both the characteristics of a non-Newtonian fluid when it flows and those of a soil when it comes to a stop. In order to capture this ...