ON KINEMATIC CONSTRAINT IN MICROPLANE THEORY

Authors

  • Vanja Travaš

Keywords:

microplane, kinematic constraint, concrete

Abstract

It is shown that the microplane formulation based on the volumetric-deviatoric split (VD split) possess the property of losing macro information during the transition from macro to micro level, i.e. during the projection of macroscopic strain components on microplanes with various orientations. However, it is also shown that the kinematic constraint principle that includes the microplane lateral strains preserves all the information related to the macroscopic stain tensor.

Author Biography

  • Vanja Travaš

    Department for hydraulic engineering

    Faculty of civil engineering

    University of Rijeka

    Assistant Professor

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Published

2012-11-06

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