User's Guide: Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams (FMARCB)

Abstract

A finite element package has been developed to perform nonlinear fracture mechanics analysis on reinforced concrete beams. The system consists of a graphic input/output interface and analysis routines using finite element techniques. Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams (FMARCB) is a two-dimensional finite element program with triangular, isoparametric, bar, and interface elements. The system uses the discrete crack approach with a fictitious crack model to represent tensile concrete softening; a confinement concrete model to characterize compression softening; a nonlinear bondslip constitutive model for the bond-slip phenomenon, which is degraded when cracks form across the tensile reinforcement; and an elastic, perfectly plastic constitutive model to represent the yielding of the tensile reinforcement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA476672

Entities

People

  • Amos Chase
  • Guillermo A Riveros
  • Vellore S. Gopalaratnam

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineers
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fracture (Mechanics)
  • Geometry
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Structural Engineering
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.