Journal
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages 308-325Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2018.05.003
Keywords
Numerical implementation; Material user subroutine; Cohesive fracture; Embedded crack; High strain rate; Blast loading
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- Fundacion Agustin de Betancourt
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Innovation [BIA2014-54916-R]
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This paper presents an implementation of the Cohesive Crack Model using the Strong Discontinuity Approach technique to simulate the fracture of the concrete and other quasi-brittle materials at different strain rates. Since one of the principal applications of this model is to simulate the fracture at high strain rates, it has been programmed as a user subroutine in the commercial explicit finite element solver LS-DYNA. For the validation of the model, in addition to studying the sensitivity to element size, it has been compared with a collection of experimental results, both in quasi-static and dynamic regimes. The results prove the ability of the model to accurately reproduce different parameters, such as load-displacement curves, crack trajectories or fracture mechanisms.
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