Material characterization is usually based on the stress–strain constitutive laws directly
derived from the load–displacement relations of uniaxial compression tests. This approach …

In the present work, cohesive and overlapping crack models are integrated in a
comprehensive numerical algorithm in order to investigate both tensile and compressive …

The variational approach to brittle fracture is herein extended to deal with the simultaneous
interplay of two failure mechanisms affecting grained heterogeneous materials in …

The cohesive/overlapping crack model represents an effective tool in the study of failure
transition phenomena occurring in plain or reinforced concrete structures. In the present …

In this paper, an analytical model based on the concept of strain localisation is proposed for
the analysis and prediction of the response of quasi‐brittle materials in uniaxial compression …

A complete numerical algorithm that assumes a strain localization in concrete, both in
tension and compression, is proposed for modeling cracking and crushing growths during …

An analytical/numerical model, referred to as the overlapping crack model, is proposed in
the present paper for the analysis of the mechanical behaviour of concrete in compression …

In the present paper, a new fracture-mechanics based model is proposed for the analysis of
reinforced concrete beams in bending describing both cracking and crushing growths taking …

In the present paper, some of the complex phenomena characterizing the flexural behaviour
of reinforced concrete beams, such as hyper-strength and snap-back and snap-through …

The analysis of fibre-reinforced concrete taking into account the nonlinear behaviour of the
material in tension and compression is addressed by a numerical approach based on the …