Hi,
I am simulating failure of concrete in tension and compression on a concrete representative element volume. I have modeled mortar matrix and aggregate (inclusion) separately i.e my model consists of two material and assumed them as perfectly bonded. My question is, if I add interface zone between matrix and inclusion how will it effect my overall failre or can I neglect inerface.
With Warm Regards
Gouse
Hi,
I want to know what is the effect of coarse aggregate size or size of the aggregate on compressive strength of concrete.And similarly what is effect of aggregate size on tensile strength of concrete.
I have few papers which contradicts each other so I am confused.
With Warm Regards
Gouse
Hi all,
I want to plot nominal stress Vs nominal strain plot from my FEA simulation. In generally I will get stress and strain at element level, now how can I plot stress-strain for the overall struture. I am applying uniaxual load on specimen. My analysis is non-linear.
Thank you
Regards
Gouse
Hi,
I want to simulate filaure in cement mortar. I am using Rankine criterion for detecting failure. For propagating damage i want to soften element. Here can I suddenly reduce the stiffness of the element to a negligible value as soon as it reaches specified failure criterion. I read in some book about mesh sensitivity in stress based failure criterion but i could not understand.Can some body expalin what is its consequence of suddenly reducing stiffness of element to a negligible value. How mesh will effect.
With Best Regards
Gouse
Hi
I am trying to predict load-displacement curve for concrete cube numerically through ABAQUS. I am just beginer with ABAQUS, I have gone through the concrete material models available in ABAQUS. I found that smeared crack model well suite for analysis. Initially I am simulating a 2D model, I am using plane stress elements with static, Riks options, even I could able to complete the analysis, I am confused how to view the cracked elements and how to plot load-displacement curve.
