INFLUENCE OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN FRACTURE-MECHANICS MODELING OF CRACK-PROPAGATION IN CONCRETE

Authors
OHLSSON U NYSTROM M OLOFSSON T WAAGAARD K
Citation
U. Ohlsson et al., INFLUENCE OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN FRACTURE-MECHANICS MODELING OF CRACK-PROPAGATION IN CONCRETE, Materials and structures, 31(207), 1998, pp. 203-208
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Material Science","Construcion & Building Technology
Journal title
Materials and structures → ACNP
ISSN journal
13595997
Volume
31
Issue
207
Year of publication
1998
Pages
203 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-5997(1998)31:207<203:IOHPIF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
This paper presents a nonlinear fracture mechanics analysis of a part of an offshore concrete structure. The analysis focuses on the risk of cracking between the prestressing ducts in the shaft of the submerged platform. The influences of water and grout pressure in prestressing ducts have been taken into consideration. The analysis has been perfor med using both discrete and smeared crack analysis.