STATISTICAL NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES

This paper presents some results of prestressed concrete beams using statistical nonlinear fracture mechanics analysis. The program ATENA represents computer simulations of concrete failure. The fracture of concrete is modelled by the crack band theory based on fracture energy-related softening. Statistical variability of material parameters is introduced in a form of small-sample Monte Carlo simulation Latin hypercube sampling. The approach is demonstrated on bending failure of prestressed concrete beams. Numerical examples are focused on comparison of both deterministic and probabilistic simulation results with experimental data of frequently used Australian bridges. For the covering abstract see ITRD E119166.

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  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • VORECHOVSKY, M
  • VESELY, V
  • RUSINA, R
  • Cervenka, V
  • Pukl, R
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 217-26
• Serial:
  • REPAIR, REJUVENATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CONCRETE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR HELD UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, 5-6 SEPTEMBER 2002
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conferences; Cracking; Failure; Prestressed concrete; Simulation
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 3455: Bridge; 8525: Conference; 5211: Cracking; 5520: Failure; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00966377
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-3175-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 4 2003 12:00AM