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Concrete as a two-phase material: statistical/sensitivity modelling of failure
Keršner, Z. ; Náhlík, Luboš ; Knésl, Zdeněk
Concrete is represented as a two-phase material. Behaviour of a crack with its tip on the interface between two different materials ů hardened cement paste (matrix) and aggregate(particle) ů is modelled. Input variables of the model are considered as random variables using LHS method/FREET software. Then results of statistical/sensitivity analyses of output variable ů the critical stress for the intersection of coarse aggregate particle ů are presented.
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Fracture process zone of concrete: analysis of aggregate-crack interaction
Keršner, Z. ; 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.
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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.
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Interaction of crack and aggregate in concrete
Keršner, Z. ; Náhlík, Luboš ; Knésl, Zdeněk
Concrete is represented as a two-phase material in this paper. Behaviour of a single macrocrack approaching to the interface between hardened cement paste (matrix) and aggregate (particle) is modelled. It is shown that in the case of where Young modulus of cement paste is greater then those of aggregates, the effective fracture toughness of concrete is predominantly given by fracture properties of aggregates.
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