Numerical Elastic-Plastic Model of RPC in the Plane Stress State
[ 1 ] Instytut Konstrukcji Budowlanych, Wydział Budownictwa i Inżynierii Środowiska, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee
2016
chapter in monograph
english
EN The work is concerned with the determination of effective material parameters of reactive powder concrete (RPC) in the range of its nonlinear response. We have used a two-scale modelling technique and carried out a series of experimental tests which allow us to validate the proposed numerical model of the considered RPC concrete. The behavior of a RPC concrete on a macro scale is described on the basis of phenomena occurring in the microstructure of material. The material microstructure is taken into account by means of a representative volume element (RVE), the structure of which is generated in a stochastic way with data from the designed recipes of RPC. It is assumed that the microstructure of RPC is composed of isotropic linear elastic—(perfectly) brittle constituents and at the macro scale the material is homogenized. This approach is a good basis for a simple modelling of microcracks that cause the nonlinear behaviour of the material at the macro level. The numerical analysis is carried out here for the plane stress state problem, and at each level of analysis the finite element method is applied.
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