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Modelling strain localization by cohesive/overlapping zones in tension/compression: Brittleness size effects and scaling in material properties
Author(s) -
Carpinteri A.,
Paggi M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
zamm ‐ journal of applied mathematics and mechanics / zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1521-4001
pISSN - 0044-2267
DOI - 10.1002/zamm.201200035
Subject(s) - brittleness , scaling , compression (physics) , tension (geology) , materials science , composite material , structural engineering , engineering , geometry , mathematics
The present paper is a state‐of‐the‐art review of the research carried out at the Politecnico di Torino during the last two decades on the modelling of strain localization. Introducing the elementary cohesive/overlapping models in tension/compression, it will be shown that it is possible to get a deep insight into the ductile‐to‐brittle transition and into the scaling of the material properties usually detected when testing quasi‐brittle material specimens or structures at different size‐scales.