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Critical stress for crack propagation in concrete
Náhlík, Luboš ; Knésl, Zdeněk
Concrete is modelled as a two-phase material. Behaviour of a crack with its tip on the interface between two different materials - hardened cement paste (matrix) and aggregate (particle) - is studied. In contrast to cracks in homogeneous materials the stress singularity for a crack terminating at the interface is of the type r -lambda, where the value of the stress singularity exponent, lambda, is in the interval 0 < lambda < 1. Than classical fracture mechanics theory and criterion cannot be applied. In the paper a new stability criterion is used to estimate the critical stress for the intersection of coarse aggregate particles.
Theoretical background for determining the fracture-mechanics parameters using the Boundary Element Method
Gröger, Roman
Boundary Element Method is a powerful tool for certain class of Solid Mechanics problems, where the fundamental solution of the governing differential equation is known. This article briefly outlines the theoretical background of BEM for plane problems as well as integral identities for calculation of internal stresses and displacements. Chapter 2 introduces the most useful contour integrals for calculation of fracture parameters in two-parameter linear elastic fracture mechanics. These coefficients are solved using the stress and strain tensor field calculated using BEM. All the proposed and discussed approaches are compared and the differences between FEM and BEM are discussed.

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