THE RESEARCH PROGRESS IN FAILURE THEORY OF CONCRETE

A brief analysis of material properties, failure , characteristics and mechanism of concrete and a survey of the applications of damage mechanics and fracture mechanics in studies on concrete are presented here. Emphasis is placed on the new advances in the main research issues of concrete failure. The future research trends and opportunities in this field arc outlined in the final part of the paper. A brief analysis of material properties, failure , characteristics and mechanism of concrete and a survey of...