Nonlocal Peridynamic Modeling and Simulation on Crack Propagation in Concrete Structures

Figure 6

Contours of horizontal displacement in concrete slab with I-II mixed mode crack. (a)-(b) Material deforms continuously; (c)–(e) displacement field around the crack gets discontinuously distributed as crack grows.

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(b) 1.14 ms

(c) 1.18 ms

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