Thermomechanical Fracture Dynamics in Heterogeneous Media using Cohesive Zone Models. Application to Ageing of Concrete

Lionel Bichet; Frederic Dubois; Yann Monerie; Frederic Perales

ICCM Conferences, The 7th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM2016)

Lionel Bichet, Frederic Dubois, Yann Monerie, Frederic Perales

Last modified: 2016-05-25

Abstract

During their life in a nuclear power plant, the operative equipments may be exposed to cyclic or transient thermomechanical loads. This paper investigates from a numerical point of view the fracture dynamics under those conditions in an ageing cement based material.

Keywords

Fracture; Thermal cohesive model; Cement based materials; Ageing effect; LMGC90

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