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Failure Lifetime Prediction Of Cracked Concrete Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

F. Barpi ,
F. Chille' ,
L. Imperato  and
S. Valente
F. Barpi
Affiliation:
Dept. of Struct. Eng., Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
F. Chille'
Affiliation:
E.N.E.L.-C.R.I.S., Via Ornato 90/14, 20162 Milano, Italy
L. Imperato
Affiliation:
I.S.M.E.S., Via Pastrengo 9, 24068 Seriate (Bergamo), Italy
S. Valente
Affiliation:
Dept. of Struct. Eng., Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Abstract

This paper presents the results of creep tests on three notched dam models made with three type of concrete. In order to characterise the time-dependent behaviour of the process zone, a series of tensile tests was performed for each kind of concrete. On the basis of the law obtained in this way, crack propagation was simulated numerically through the Cohesive Crack model.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 503: Symposium JJ – Nondestructive Characterization of Materials in Aging Systems , 1997 , 131
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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