On the existence of representative volumes for softening quasi-brittle materials - A failure zone averaging scheme

Nguyen, Vinh Phu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-8311, Lloberas-Valls, Oriol, Stroeven, Martijn and Sluys, Johannes Lambertus 2010. On the existence of representative volumes for softening quasi-brittle materials - A failure zone averaging scheme. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 199 (45-48) , pp. 3028-3038. 10.1016/j.cma.2010.06.018

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Abstract

The concept of the representative volume element (RVE) for softening materials is revised in this contribution. It is demonstrated by means of numerical simulations that there exists a sample which is statistically representative for quasi-brittle materials with random microstructure like concrete. This finding is an important ingredient for homogenization-based multiscale modelling of softening materials.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Representative volume element (RVE); Quasi-brittle material; Softening; Multiscale; Homogenization
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0045-7825
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 10:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/45804

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