Abstract
In-plane action is often the primary load-carrying mechanism of reinforced concrete structures. The plate bending action will be secondary, and the behaviour of the structure can be modelled with a reasonable accuracy using a generalised three-dimensional plane stress element. In this paper, the formulation of such an element is given and the Mohr-Coulomb and von Mises criteria are presented for second-order cone programming. Three examples of increasing complexity are used to analyse the performance of the element and the convergence rate and to demonstrate the potential of the proposed element.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering and Computational Mechanics |
Volume | 170 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 107-117 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISSN | 1755-0777 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |