A rate-dependent multi-scale crack model for concrete

A multi-scale numerical approach for modeling cracking in heterogeneous quasi-brittle materials under dynamic loading is presented. In the model, a discontinuous crack model is used at macro-scale to simulate fracture and a gradient-enhanced damage model has been used at meso-scale to simulate diffuse damage. The traction-separation law for the...

A two-scale rate dependent crack model for quasi-brittle materials under dynamic loading