Simulation of the Damage Process in Quasi-Brittle Materials by a Modified Finite Element Method Using the Consistent Embedded Discontinuity Formulation

This paper investigates the variational finite element formulation and its numerical implementation of the damage evolution in solids, using a new discrete embedded discontinuity approach. For this purpose, the kinematically optimal symmetric (KOS) formulation, which guarantees kinematics, is consis...

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Main Authors: J. Retama, A. G. Ayala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7125451