@inproceedings{629d47605f944bbdb738195325b7fbc9,
title = "BLUNT CRACK BANK PROPAGATION IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES.",
abstract = "Concrete cracking could cause significant complication to the sodium concrete chemical reaction, in that the cracks could become pathways for sodium penetration and hence provide additional surface area for the reaction. Therefore, the prediction of crack initiation and crack propagation in concrete is important for safety studies of nuclear containment. The utilization of the 'blunt crack' approach for simulating concrete cracking in a general-purpose code is explored. The difficulties encountered in establishing the proper direction of crack propagation in an arbitrary discretization are described.",
author = "Pfeiffer, {P. A.} and Marchertas, {A. H.} and Bazant, {Z. P.}",
year = "1983",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0444867015",
series = "Transactions of the International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology",
publisher = "r Commission of the European Communities (EUR-8596) by North-Holland, 5. 2",
booktitle = "Transactions of the International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology",
}