Numerical Investigation of the Meso-Mechanical Behavior of Concrete Under Impact Tensile Loading

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking Delft University of Technology as follows: The contractor will investigate the mechanical behavior of brittle heterogeneous materials such as concrete extreme dynamic loading conditions. The contractor will develop a mathematical model of brittle heterogeneous materials under extreme dynamic loading conditions to accurately predict civil engineering structural responses not well predicted by existing quasi-static models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409539

Entities

People

  • Lambertus J. Sluys
  • W. Y. Liu

Organizations

  • Delft University of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Concrete
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Plastic Properties
  • Standing Waves
  • Strain Hardening
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.