Development of Advanced Constitutive Models for Plain and Reinforced Concrete.

Abstract

This report summarizes research conducted by S-Cubed to develop advance constitutive models of plain and reinforced concrete for ultimate use in the cost-effective design and hardness assessment fo concrete protective structures. The specific goals of the research are: (1) developement of a mixture theory which can accurately account for steel-concrete interaction and (2) formulation of an advanced constitutive theory for plain concrete which can accurately portray its nonlinear, inelastic behavior including damage and microcracking for arbitrary loading histories. The importance of the steel-concrete interaction and the nonlinear inelastic behavior of the palin concrete, including cracking, is emphasized. Keywords: Concrete failure modes; Continuous damage model; Dowel action; Evolution equation; Endochronic theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187337

Entities

People

  • G. A. Hegemier
  • H. E. Read
  • H. Murakami
  • K. C. Valanis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Construction
  • Elastic Properties
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design