Finite-element modelling of structural concrete : short-term static and dynamic loading conditions /: short-term static and dynamic loading conditions. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael D. Kotsovos.
• Authors: Kotsovos, M. D
• Contents: Need for a reappraisal; Physical modelling of structural concrete; Constitutive modelling; Concluding remarks; References; Main behavioural characteristics of concrete ; The cylinder test; Post-peak behaviour; Fracture processes in concrete; Failure mechanism in concrete structures; A summary of characteristic features of concrete relevant to modelling material behaviour; References; Modelling of concrete behaviour ; Constutive relations for concrete; Strength envelopes for concrete; Deformational and yield characteristics of reinforcing steel; A summary of characteristic features of concrete relevant to modelling of material behaviour; References; Structure modelling for static problems ; The finite-element method; Nonlinear analysis; The nonlinear finite element model for structural concrete; Material and procedural factors influencing FE predictions; A brief outline of the smeared-model package; References; Finite-element solutions of static problems ; Effect of crack closure on predictions of structural-concrete behaviour under monotonic loading; Performance of structural-concrete members exhibiting points of contra-flexure under sequential loading; RC beam-column joints under cyclic loading; Structural walls under cyclic loading; Numerical experiments on flat slabs; References; Extension of finite element modelling to dynamic problems ; Background; The equation of motion; Numerical solution of the equation of motion; Numerical procedure adopted for structural concrete; Implementation of the dynamic scheme; Verification studies for the dynamic scheme; General remarks; References; Reinforced concrete structural members under earthquake loading ; Introduction; Application of the earthquake load; RC columns; RC frames; Three-storey RC wall; Two-level RC frame under seismic action; Effect of the confinement of reinforcement in boundary-column elements on the behaviour of structural-concrete walls under seismic excitation; Concluding remarks; References; Structural concrete under impact loading ; Introduction; Structural concrete under compressive impact loading; Structural concrete under tensile impact loading; RC beams under impact loading; Concluding remarks; References; A: Octahedral formulation of stresses and strains ; B: Coordinate transformations
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 624.183410151825; Reinforced concrete construction -- Mathematical models; Finite element method
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498712316
• Related ISBNs: 9781498712309
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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