High-fidelity prediction of crack formation in 2D and 3D pullout tests
High-fidelity prediction of crack formation in 2D and 3D pullout tests
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DOI:
10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.05.001
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发表时间:
2016-08-01
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4.7
通讯作者:
Chiumenti, Michele
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作者:
Benedetti, Lorenzo;Cervera, Miguel;Chiumenti, Michele
This paper presents the 2D and 3D numerical analysis of pullout tests on steel anchorages in concrete blocks using standard and mixed finite elements. A novel (stabilized) mixed formulation in the variables of total strain 8 and displacements u is introduced to overcome the intrinsic deficiencies of the standard displacement-based one in the context of localization of strains, such as mesh dependency. The quasi brittle behavior of concrete is described through an elastoplastic constitutive law with a local Rankine yielding criterion. The proposed formulation is shown to be a reliable and accurate tool, sensitive to the physical parameters of the pullout tests, but objective with respect to the adopted FE mesh. Furthermore, the mixed epsilon/u finite element is able to capture the correct failure mechanism with relatively coarse discretizations. At the same time, the spurious behavior of the standard formulation is not alleviated by mesh-refinement. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.