Abstract: Fracture energy represents the average total energy consumption during a complete crack propagation process. The use of one fracture property, the RILEM fracture energy, on its own is not sufficient to characterize the ...

Abstract: This paper examines the fracture energy properties over ligament length for crack propagation process accompanied by fracture process zone (FPZ) advancement. Local fracture energy as well as its average value along the ...

Abstract: Owing to its importance in evaluating the fracture behavior of concrete, the crack extension resistance curve of concrete has been widely studied, both experimentally and theoretically. In this paper, a numerical approach ...