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Article history: A constitutive model based on the combination of damage mechanics and plasticity is developed to ana-
Received 20 August 2012 lyse the failure of concrete structures. The aim is to obtain a model, which describes the important char-
Received in revised form 22 June 2013 acteristics of the failure process of concrete subjected to multiaxial loading. This is achieved by
Available online 31 July 2013
combining an effective stress based plasticity model with a damage model based on plastic and elastic
strain measures. The model response in tension, uni-, bi- and triaxial compression is compared to exper-
Keywords: imental results. The model describes well the increase in strength and displacement capacity for increas-
Concrete
ing confinement levels. Furthermore, the model is applied to the structural analyses of tensile and
Constitutive model
Plasticity
compressive failure.
Damage mechanics Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Fracture
Mesh dependence
1. Introduction elastic and plastic parts represents realistically the observed defor-
mations in confined compression, so that unloading and path-
Concrete is a strongly heterogeneous material, which exhibits a dependency can be described well. However, plasticity models
complex nonlinear mechanical behaviour. Failure in tension and are not able to describe the reduction of the unloading stiffness
low confined compression is characterised by softening which is that is observed in experiments. Conversely, damage mechanics
defined as decreasing stress with increasing deformations. This models are based on the concept of a gradual reduction of the elas-
softening response is accompanied by a reduction of the unloading tic stiffness (Kachanov, 1980; Mazars, 1984; Ortiz, 1985; Resende,
stiffness of concrete, and irreversible (permanent) deformations, 1987; Mazars and Pijaudier-Cabot, 1989; Carol et al., 2001; Tao and
which are localised in narrow zones often called cracks or shear Phillips, 2005; Voyiadjis and Kattan, 2009). For strain-based isotro-
bands. On the other hand, the behaviour of concrete subjected to pic damage mechanics models, the stress evaluation procedure is
high confined compression is characterised by a ductile hardening explicit, which allows for a direct determination of the stress state,
response; that is, increasing stress with increasing deformations. without an iterative calculation procedure. Furthermore, the stiff-
These phenomena should be considered in a constitutive model ness degradation in tensile and low confined compressive loading
for analysing the multiaxial behaviour of concrete structures. observed in experiments can be described. However, isotropic
There are many constitutive models for the nonlinear response damage mechanics models are often unable to describe irreversible
of concrete proposed in the literature. Commonly used frameworks deformations observed in experiments and are mainly limited to
are plasticity, damage mechanics and combinations of plasticity tensile and low confined compression stress states. On the other
and damage mechanics. Stress-based plasticity models are useful hand, combinations of isotropic damage and plasticity are widely
for the modelling of concrete subjected to triaxial stress states, used for modelling both tensile and compressive failure and many
since the yield surface corresponds at a certain stage of hardening different models have been proposed in the literature (Ju, 1989;
to the strength envelope of concrete (Leon, 1935; Willam et al., Lee and Fenves, 1998; Jason et al., 2006; Grassl and Jirásek,
1974; Pramono and Willam, 1989; Etse and Willam, 1994; 2006a; Nguyen and Houlsby, 2008; Nguyen and Korsunsky,
Menétrey and Willam, 1995; Pivonka, 2001; Grassl et al., 2002; 2008; Voyiadjis et al., 2008; Grassl, 2009; Sánchez et al., 2011;
Papanikolaou and Kappos, 2007; Červenka and Papanikolaou, Valentini and Hofstetter, 2013).
2008; Folino and Etse, 2012). Furthermore, the strain split into One popular class of damage-plastic models relies on a combi-
nation of stress-based plasticity formulated in the effective
⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 141 330 5208; fax: +44 141 330 4907. (undamaged) stress space combined with a strain based damage
E-mail address: peter.grassl@glasgow.ac.uk (P. Grassl). model. The combined damage-plasticity model recently developed
0020-7683/$ - see front matter Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.07.008
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pffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
q ¼ 2J2 ð13Þ
and the Lode angle
pffiffiffi !
h ¼ 1 arccos 3 3 J3 ð14Þ
3 2 J 3=2
2
1 1 1
J2 ¼ s : s ¼ s2 : d ¼ sijsij ð16Þ
2 2 2
1 3 1
J 3 ¼ s : d ¼ sijsjkski ð17Þ
3 3
of the deviatoric effective stress tensor s ¼ r
dI1 =3. Fig. 2. The evolution of the deviatoric section of the yield surface during hardening
The yield function for a constant volumetric stress of r
V ¼ fc =3.
8 !2 rffiffiffi 92
< q r
V 3q=
fp ðr ; h; jp Þ ¼
V; q 1 qh1 ðjp Þ pffiffiffi þ þ
: 6fc fc 2 fc ; the two variables qh1 and qh2 in (18) are set equal to one and the
" # resulting yield function is set equal to zero, the failure surface
2 q r V " #
þ m0 qh1 ðjp Þqh2 ðjp Þ pffiffiffi rðcos hÞ þ
6fc fc 3q2 q r V
þ m0 p ffiffiffi rðcos hÞ þ 1¼0 ð21Þ
2 fc2 6fc fc
q2h1 ðjp Þq2h2 ðjp Þ ð18Þ
is obtained, which was originally proposed by Menétrey and
depends on the effective stress (which enters in the form of cylin-
Willam (1995).
drical coordinates) and on the hardening variable jp (which enters
through the dimensionless variables qh1 and qh2 ). Parameter fc is the
2.2.2. Flow rule
uniaxial compressive strength. For qh2 ¼ 1, the yield function is
In the present model, the flow rule in (4) is non-associated,
identical to the one of CDPM1.
which means that the yield function fp and the plastic potential
The meridians of the yield surface fp ¼ 0 are parabolic, and the
g p do not coincide and, therefore, the direction of the plastic flow
deviatoric sections change from triangular shapes at low confine-
@g p =@ r
is not normal to the yield surface. The plastic potential is
ment to almost circular shapes at high confinement. The shape of
given as
the deviatoric section is controlled by the function
8 !2 rffiffiffi 92
4ð1 e2 Þ cos 2 h þ ð2e 1Þ2 < q rV 3q=
rðcos hÞ ¼ qffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi g p ðr ; jp Þ ¼
V; q 1 qh1 ðjp Þ pffiffiffi þ þ
2ð1 e2 Þ cos h þ ð2e 1Þ 4ð1 e2 Þ cos 2 h þ 5e2 4e : 6fc fc 2 fc ;
!
ð19Þ m0 q mg ðr V ; jp Þ
þ q2h1 ðjp Þ pffiffiffi þ ð22Þ
proposed by Willam et al. (1974). The calibration of the eccentricity 6fc fc
parameter e is described in Jirásek and Bažant (2002) and in Sec-
where
tion 5. The friction parameter m0 is given by
r V qh2 ðjp Þft =3
3 fc2 ft2 e mg ðr
V ; jp Þ ¼ Ag jp Bg jp fc exp ð23Þ
m0 ¼ ð20Þ Bg jp fc
fc ft eþ1
is a variable controlling
the ratio
of volumetric and deviatoric plas-
where ft is the tensile strength. The shape and evolution of the yield
tic flow. Here, Ag jp and Bg jp , which depend on qh2 ðjp Þ, are de-
surface is controlled by the variables qh1 and qh2 (Figs. 1 and 2). If
rived from assumptions on the plastic flow in uniaxial tension and
compression in the post-peak regime.
The derivation of these two variables is illustrated in the follow-
@g
ing paragraphs. Here, the notation m @rp is introduced. In the
principal stress space, the plastic flow tensor m has three compo-
nents, m1 ; m2 and m3 associated with the three principal stress
components. The flow rule (4) is split into a volumetric and a devi-
atoric part, i.e., the gradient of the plastic potential is decomposed
as
@g @g @ r V @g @ q
m¼ ¼ þ ð24Þ
@r
@r V @r
@q
@r
Taking into account that @ r ¼ d=3 and @ q
V =@ r ¼ s=q
=@ r , restricting
attention to the post-peak regime (in which qh1 ¼ 1) and differenti-
ating the plastic potential (22), we rewrite Eq. (24) as
!
@g @mg d 3 m0 s
m¼ ¼ þ þ pffiffiffi ð25Þ
Fig. 1. The evolution of the meridional section of the yield surface during @r
@r V 3f c fc 6q fc
hardening.
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3f t qh2 m0 r V 1
Ag ¼ þ ð28Þ Rh ðr
VÞ ¼ ð34Þ
fc 2 fc 3
ðqh2 =3Þð1 þ ft =fc Þ is a linear function of the volumetric effective stress. Model param-
Bg ¼ ð29Þ
ln Ag ln ð2Df 1Þ ln ð3qh2 þ m0 =2Þ þ ln ðDf þ 1Þ eters Ah ; Bh ; C h and Dh are calibrated from the values of strain at
can be computed. The gradient of the dilation variable mg in (23) peak stress under uniaxial tension, uniaxial compression and triax-
decreases with increasing confinement. The limit r V ! 1 corre- ial compression, whereas the parameters Eh and F h are determined
sponds to purely deviatoric flow. As in CDPM1, the plastic potential from the conditions of a smooth transition between the two parts of
does not depend on the third Haigh–Westergaard coordinate (Lode Eq. (33) at Rh ¼ 0:
angle
h), which increases the efficiency of the implementation and
Eh ¼ Bh Dh ð35Þ
the robustness of the model.
ðBh Dh ÞC h
Fh ¼ ð36Þ
2.2.3. Hardening law Ah Bh
The dimensionless variables qh1 and qh2 that appear in (18), (22) This definition of the hardening variable is identical to the one in
and (23) are functions of the hardening variable jp . They control CDPM1 described in Grassl and Jirásek (2006a), where the calibra-
the evolution of the size and shape of the yield surface and plastic tion procedure for this part of the model is described.
potential. The first hardening law qh1 is
( 2.3. Damage part
qh0 þ ð1 qh0 Þ j3p 3j2p þ 3jp Hp j3p 3j2p þ 2jp if jp < 1
qh1 ðjp Þ ¼
1 if jp P 1 Damage is initiated when the maximum equivalent strain in the
ð30Þ history of the material reaches the threshold e0 ¼ ft =E. For uniaxial
The second hardening law qh2 is given by tension only, the equivalent strain could be chosen as ~e ¼ r t =E,
where r t is the effective uniaxial tensile stress. Thus, damage
1 if jp < 1 initiation would be linked to the axial elastic strain. However, for
qh2 ðjp Þ ¼ ð31Þ
1 þ Hp ðjp 1Þ if jp P 1 general triaxial stress states a more advanced equivalent strain
expression is required, which predicts damage initiation when
The initial inclination of the hardening curve qh1 at jp ¼ 0 is posi-
the strength envelope is reached. This expression is determined
tive and finite, and the inclinations of qh1 on the left of jp ¼ 1 and
from the yield surface (fp ¼ 0) by setting qh1 ¼ 1 and qh2 ¼ ~e=e0 .
qh2 on the right of jp ¼ 1 are equal to Hp , as depicted in Fig. 3.
From this quadratic equation for ~e, the equivalent strain is
For Hp ¼ 0, the hardening law reduces to the one proposed in Grassl
determined as
and Jirásek (2006a). !
~e ¼
e0 m0 q r V
pffiffiffi r ðcos hÞ þ
2.2.4. Hardening variable 2 6fc fc
The evolution law for the hardening variable, vffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
!2 ffi
u
ue2 m2 q
r 3 e q
2 2
_ þ t 0 0 pffiffiffi r ðcos hÞ þ
V
ke_p k 2 kkmk 2 þ 02 ð37Þ
j_ p ¼ 2 cos h ¼ 2 cos h ð32Þ 4 6fc fc 2fc
xh ð r
VÞ xh ð r
VÞ
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~e ¼
r c e0 r c ft
¼ ð39Þ
fc Efc
If r
c ¼ ðfc =ft Þr
t , the equivalent strain is again equal to the axial
elastic strain component in uniaxial tension. Consequently, the
equivalent strain definition in (37) is suitable for both tension and
compression, which is very convenient for relating the damage
variables in tension and compression to stress-inelastic strain Fig. 4. Geometrical meaning of the inelastic strain ei for the combined damage-
curves. plasticity model. The inelastic strain is composed of reversible xðe ep Þ and
irreversible ep parts. The dashed lines represent elastic unloading with the same
The damage variables xt and xc in (1) are determined so that a
stiffness as the initial elastic loading.
prescribed stress-inelastic strain relation in uniaxial tension is
obtained. Since, the damage variables are evaluated for general ~e_ t ¼ ~e_ ð43Þ
triaxial stress states, the inelastic strain in uniaxial tension has to
be expressed by suitable scalar history variables, which are with ~e given in (37). For jdt1 , the inelastic strain component related
obtained from total and plastic strain components. To illustrate the plastic strain ep is replaced by
(
the choice of these components, a 1D damage-plastic stress–strain 1
ke_ p k if j_ dt > 0 and jdt > e0
xs
law of the form j_ dt1 ¼ ð44Þ
0 if j_ dt ¼ 0 or jdt < e0
r ¼ ð1 xÞr ¼ ð1 xÞEðe ep Þ ð40Þ
Here, the pre-peak plastic strains do not contribute to this history
is considered. Here, x is the damage variable. This law can also be variable, since j_ dt1 is only nonzero, if jdt > e0 . Finally, the third his-
written as tory variable is related to jdt as
r ¼ E e ep þ xðe ep Þ ¼ Eðe ei Þ ð41Þ j_ dt
j_ dt2 ¼ ð45Þ
where ei is the inelastic strain which is subtracted from the total xs
strain. The geometrical interpretation of the inelastic strain and In (44) and (45), xs is a ductility measure, which describes the influ-
its split for monotonic uniaxial tension, linear hardening plasticity ence of multiaxial stress states on the softening response, see
and linear damage evolution are shown in Fig. 4. Furthermore, the Section 2.3.4.
way how the hardening influences damage and plasticity dissipa-
tion has been discussed in Grassl (2009). The part xðe ep Þ is 2.3.2. History variables for compression
reversible and ep is irreversible. The damage variable is chosen, so The compression damage variable xc is also defined by three
that a softening law is obtained, which relates the stress to the history variables jdc ; jdc1 and jdc2 . Analogous to the tensile case,
inelastic strain, which is written here in generic form as the variable jdc is used in the definition of the inelastic strain in
r ¼ fs ðei Þ ð42Þ (41), while jdc1 and jdc2 enter the definition of the equivalent
strain in (42). In addition, a variable ac is introduced which distin-
Setting (41) equal with (42) allows for determining the damage var- guishes tensile and compressive stresses. It has the form
iable x.
However, the inelastic strain ei in (41) and (42) needs to be ex- X
3
rpc i r pt i þ r pc i
ac ¼ ð46Þ
pressed by history variables, so that the expression for the damage i¼1
p k2
kr
variable can be used for non-monotonic loading. Furthermore, to
be able to describe also the influence of multiaxial stress states where r pti and r pci are the components of the compressive and ten-
on the damage evolution, the inelastic strain in (42) is replaced sile part of the principal effective stresses, respectively, which were
by different history variables than the inelastic strain in (41). The previously used for the general stress strain law in (1). The variable
choice of the history variables for tension and compression is ex- ac varies from 0 for pure tension to 1 for pure compression. For in-
plained in Sections 2.3.1 and 2.3.2. stance, for the mixed tensile compressive effective stress state
r p ¼ fr
; 0:2r
; 0:1r g, considered in Section 2.1, the variable is
2.3.1. History variables for tension ac ¼ 0:95.
The tensile damage variable xt in (1) is defined by three history The history variable jdc is determined from ~ec using (9) and
variables jdt ; jdt1 and jdt2 . The variable jdt is used in the defini- (10), where, analogous to the tensile case, the ec is specified implic-
tion of the inelastic strain in (41), while jdt1 and jdt2 enter the def- itly by
inition of the inelastic strain in (42). The history variable jdt is ~e_ c ¼ ac ~e_ ð47Þ
determined from ~et using (6) and (7). Here, ~et is given implicitly
in incremental form by The other two history variables are
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(
ac bc
xs
ke_ p k if j_ dt > 0 ^ jdt > e0
j_ dc1 ¼ ð48Þ
0 if j_ dt ¼ 0 _ jdt < e0
and
j_ dc
j_ dc2 ¼ ð49Þ
xs
In (48), the factor bc is
pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
ft q 2=3
bc ¼ qh2 ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi ð50Þ
q 1 þ 2D2f
This factor provides a smooth transition from pure damage to dam-
age-plasticity softening processes, which can occur during cyclic
loading, as described in Section 2.3.5.
where ef is the inelastic strain threshold at which the uniaxial stress 2.3.5. Constitutive response to cyclic loading
is equal to zero and ef1 is the threshold where the uniaxial stress is The response of the constitutive model is illustrated by a quasi-
equal to r1 as shown in Fig. 5. Furthermore, ei is the inelastic strain static strain cycle (Fig. 6, solid line), before it is compared to a wide
in the post-peak regime only. Since damage is irreversible, the range of experimental results in the next section. The strain is in-
inelastic strain ei in (51) is expressed by irreversible damage history creased from point 0 to point 1, where the tensile strength of the
variables as material is reached. Up to point 1, the material response is elas-
ei ¼ jdt1 þ xt jdt2 ð52Þ tic–plastic with small plastic strains. With a further increase of
the strain from point 1 to point 2, the effective stress part contin-
Furthermore, the term e ep in (40) is replaced by jdt , which gives ues to increase, since Hp > 0, whereas the nominal stress de-
r ¼ ð1 xt ÞEjdt ð53Þ creases, since the tensile damage variable xt increases. A reverse
of the strain at point 2 results in an reduction of the stress with
Setting (51) with (52) equal to (53), and solving for xt gives an unloading stiffness, which is less than the elastic stiffness of
8 an elasto-plastic model, but greater than the stiffness of an elas-
>
> ðEjdt ft Þef1 ðr1 ft Þjdt1
>
> if 0 < ei 6 ef1 to-damage mechanics model, i.e. greater than the secant stiffness.
< Ejdt ef1 þ ðr1 ft Þjdt2
> At point 3, when the stress is equal to zero, a further reduction of
xt ¼ Ejdt ðef ef1 Þ þ r1 ðjdt1 ef Þ ð54Þ the strain leads to a compressive response following a linear
>
> if ef1 < ei 6 ef
>
> Ejdt ðef ef1 Þ r1 jdt2 stress–strain relationship between the points 3 and 4 with the ori-
>
:
0 if ef < ei ginal Young’s modulus E of the undamaged material. This change
of stiffness is obtained by using two damage variables, xt and
For the compressive damage variable, an evolution based on an
xc . At point 3, xt > 0, but xc ¼ 0. Up to point 5, no further plastic
exponential stress-inelastic strain law is used. The stress versus
inelastic strain in the softening regime in compression is
ei
r ¼ ft exp if 0 < ei ð55Þ
efc
where efc is an inelastic strain threshold which controls the initial
inclination of the softening curve. The use of different damage evo-
lution for tension and compression is one important improvement
over CDPM1 as it will shown later on when the structural applica-
tions are discussed.
strains are generated, since the hardening from point 0 to 2 has in- corresponding to the plastic and damage parts of the model. In
creased the elastic domain of the plasticity part, so that the yield the plastic part, the plastic strain ep and the effective stress r
at
surface is not reached. Thus, the softening from point 4 to 5 is only the end of the step are determined. In the damage part, the damage
described by damage. Only at point 5, the plasticity surface is variables xt and xc , and the nominal stress r at the end of the step
reached and a subsequent increase of strain results in hardening are obtained. The implementation strategy for the local problem,
of the plasticity part, which corresponds to an increase of the effec- described in detail in Grassl and Jirásek (2006a) for CDPM1, applies
tive stress. However, the nominal stress, shown in Fig. 6, decreases, to the present model as well. To improve the robustness of the
since xc increases. The continuous slopes of parts 4–5 and 5–6 are model, a subincrementation scheme is employed for the integra-
obtained, since the additional factor bc in (48) is introduced. A sec- tion of the plasticity part.
ond reversal of the strain direction (point 6) changes the stress
from compression to tension at point 7, which is again associated 5. Comparison with experimental results
with a change of the stiffness. The above response is very different
from the one obtained with CDPM1 with only one damage param- In this section, the model response is compared to five groups of
eter, which is also shown in Fig. 6 by a dashed line. With CDPM1, experiments reported in the literature. For each group of experi-
the compressive response after point 3 is characterised by both a ments, the physical constants Young’s modulus E, Poisson’s ratio
reduced stiffness and strength which would depend on the amount m, tensile strength ft , compressive strength fc and tensile fracture
of damage accumulated in tension. For the case of damage equal to energy GFt are adjusted to obtain a fit for the different types of con-
1 in tension, both the strength and stiffness in compression would crete used in the experiments. The first four constants are model
be zero, which is not realistic for the tension–compression transi- parameters. The last physical constant, GFt , is directly related to
tion in concrete. model parameters. For the bilinear softening law in Section 2.3.3,
the tensile fracture energy is
3. Mesh adjusted softening modulus
GFt ¼ ft wf1 =2 þ r1 wf =2 ð59Þ
If the constitutive model described in the previous sections is For r1 =ft ¼ 0:3 and wf1 =wf ¼ 0:15 (shown by Jirásek and Zimmer-
straightaway used within the finite element method, the amount mann, 1998 to result in a good fit for concrete failure), the expres-
of dissipated energy might be strongly mesh-dependent. This sion for the fracture energy reduces to GFt ¼ ft wf =4:444. The
mesh-dependence is caused by localisation of deformations in compressive energy is GFc ¼ fc efc lc As , where lc is the length in which
mesh-size dependent zones. The finer the mesh, the less energy the compressive displacement are assumed to localise and As is the
would be dissipated. This is a well known limitation of constitutive ductility measure in Section 2.3.4. If no experimental results are
laws with strain softening. One way to overcome this mesh-depen- available, the five constants can be determined using, for instance,
dence is to adjust the softening modulus with respect to the ele- the CEB-FIP Model Code (CEB, 1991).
ment size. For the present model, this approach is applied for the The other model parameters are set to their default values for
tensile damage variable by replacing in the tensile damage law all groups. The eccentricity constant e that controls the shape of
in (54) the strain thresholds ef1 and ef with wf1 =h and wf =h, respec- the deviatoric section is evaluated using the formula in Jirásek
tively. Here, wf1 and wf are displacement thresholds and h is the and Bažant (2002), p. 365:
finite element size. Thus, with this approach the damage variables
2
for bilinear softening are 1þ ft fbc fc2
8 e¼ ; where ¼ ð60Þ
ðEjdt ft Þwf1 ðr1 ft Þjdt1 h 2 fbc fc ft2
2
>
> if 0 < hei 6 wf1 h
>
>
< Ejdt wf1 þ ðr1 ft Þjdt2 h
> where fbc is the strength in equibiaxial compression, which is esti-
xt ¼ Ejdt ðwf wf1 Þ þ r1 ðjdt1 h wf Þ ð58Þ mated as fbc ¼ 1:16f c according to the experimental results reported
>
> if wf1 < hei 6 wf
>
> Ejdt ðwf wf1 Þ r1 jdt2 h in Kupfer et al. (1969). Parameter qh0 is the dimensionless ratio
>
:
0 if wf < hei qh0 ¼ f c0 =fc , where fc0 is the compressive stress at which the initial
yield limit is reached in the plasticity model for uniaxial compres-
These expressions are used when the constitutive model is com- sion. Its default value is qh0 ¼ 0:3. For the hardening modulus the
pared to experimental results in the next section. However, the evo- default value is Hp ¼ 0:01. Furthermore, the default value of the
lution law for compressive damage is kept to be independent of the parameter of the flow rule is chosen as Df ¼ 0:85, which yields a
element size, as compressive failure is often accompanied by mesh- good agreement with experimental results in uniaxial compression.
independent zones of localised displacements. The determination of parameters Ah ; Bh ; C h and Dh that influence
4. Implementation
the hardening ductility measure is more difficult. The effective Furthermore, the element size h in the damage laws in Section 3
stress varies within the hardening regime, even for monotonic load- was chosen as h ¼ 0:1 m.
ing, so that the ratio of axial and lateral plastic strain rate is not con- The first analysis is a uniaxial tensile setup with unloading. The
stant. Thus, an exact relation of all four model parameters to model response is compared to the experimental results reported
measurable material properties cannot be constructed. In Grassl in Gopalaratnam and Shah (1985) (Fig. 7). The relevant model
and Jirásek (2006a), it has been shown that a reasonable response parameters for this experiment are E ¼ 28 GPa, m ¼ 0:2; f c ¼
is obtained with parameters Ah ¼ 0:08; Bh ¼ 0:003; C h ¼ 2 and 40 MPa, ft ¼ 3:5 MPa, GFt ¼ 55 J/m2.
Dh ¼ 1 106 . These values were also used in the present study. The next example is an uniaxial compression test with unload-
ing, for which the model response is compared to experimental
results reported in Karsan and Jirsa (1969) (Fig. 8). The model
parameters are E ¼ 30 GPa, m ¼ 0:2; f c ¼ 28 MPa, ft ¼ 2:8 MPa.
Furthermore, the model constants for compression are As ¼ 5 and
efc ¼ 0:0001. The value of the tensile fracture energy GFt does not
influence the model response in compression, which also applies
Fig. 10. Confined compression: Model response compared to experiments used in Fig. 13. Three point bending test: Geometry and loading setup. The out-of-plane
Caner and Bažant (2000). thickness is 0.1 m. The notch thickness is 5 mm.
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Fig. 16. Four point shear test: Geometry and loading setup. The out-of-plane
thickness is 0.15 m. A zero notch thickness is assumed.
Fig. 14. Load-CMOD curves of analyses with three mesh sizes compared to the
experimental bounds reported in Kormeling and Reinhardt (1982).
Fig. 15. Tensile damage patterns for the coarse, medium and fine mesh for the three point bending test. Black indicates a tensile damage variable of 1.
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Fig. 18. Four point shear test: Tensile damage patterns for the coarse, medium and fine mesh compared to the experimental crack patterns reported in Arrea and Ingraffea
(1982). Black indicates a tensile damage variable of 1.
Fig. 20. Comparison of the analysis of the eccentric compression test with the
experiment.
Fig. 19. (a) Geometry and loading setup of the eccentric compression test. (b) The
default values described in Section 5. The global responses of
coarse finite element mesh.
analyses and experimental results are compared in the form of
load-Crack Mouth Sliding Displacement (CMSD) curves in Fig. 17.
default values described in Section 5. For this type of analysis, local Furthermore, the damage patterns for the three meshes at loading
stress–strain relations with strain softening are known to result in stages marked in Fig. 17 are compared to the experimental crack
mesh-dependent load–displacement curves. The capability of the patterns in Fig. 18.
adjustment of the softening modulus approach presented in Sec- The load-CMSD curves obtained with the three meshes are in
tion 3 to overcome this mesh-dependence is assessed with this good agreement with the experimental results. The coarse mesh
test. The global response in the form of load-Crack Mouth Opening overestimates the load levels obtained with the medium and fine
Displacement (CMOD) is shown in Fig. 14. The local response in the mesh. However, the two finer meshes are in good agreement.
form of tensile damage patterns at loading stages marked in Fig. 14 Again, the width of the damaged zone depends on the element size.
for the three meshes is shown in Fig. 15. Furthermore, the damage zones are influenced by the mesh orien-
Overall, the load-CMOD curves in Fig. 14 are in good agreement tation. In particular, for the fine mesh the damage zone follows the
with the experimental results and almost mesh independent. On regular element arrangement, so that the crack is less curved than
the other hand, the damage zones in Fig. 15 depend on the mesh reported in the experiments. This is a well known behaviour of
size. models using the adjustment of the softening modulus approach,
which has been studied in more detail in Jirásek and Grassl
(2008) and Grassl and Rempling (2007).
6.2. Four point shear test
6.3. Eccentric compression test
The second structural example is a four point shear test of a sin-
gle-edge notched beam reported in Arrea and Ingraffea (1982). The third structural example studies the failure of a concrete
Again, the experiment is modelled by triangular plane strain finite prism subjected to eccentric compression, tested by Debernardi
elements with three different mesh sizes. The geometry and load- and Taliano (2001). The geometry and loading setup are shown
ing setup are shown in Fig. 16. The input parameters are chosen as in Fig. 19(a). The specimen with a relatively great eccentricity of
E ¼ 30 GPa, m ¼ 0:18; f t ¼ 3:5 MPa, Gft ¼ 140 N/m, fc ¼ 35 MPa 36.8 mm is modelled by a thin layer of linear 3D elements to re-
(Jirásek and Grassl, 2008). All other parameters are set to their duce the computational time compared to a full 3D analysis. Three
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