Gradient-enhanced damage and plasticity models for plain and reinforced concrete.

J. Pamin and R. de Borst, Proc. European Conf. on Computational Mechanics, paper no. 636, abstract p. 482-483, Munich (1999).

Abstract

The paper compares gradient-enhanced isotropic damage and plasticity theories and summarizes a combination of gradient damage with classical plasticity. The models are applied in simulations of localized failure in plain and reinforced concrete beams under static loading.

Keywords

Gradient-Dependent Continuum, Plasticity, Damage, Concrete