From continuum mechanics to fracture mechanics: the strong discontinuity approach

Material rate dependence and mesh sensitivity in localization problems

A. Needleman · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 1988 · 876 citations

Computing, Computational Engineering, Finite Element Analysis +12

An analysis of strong discontinuities induced by strain-softening in rate-independent inelastic solids

J.C. Simo, J. Oliver, F. Armero · Computational Mechanics · 1993 · 826 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Mechanical Behavior Of Materials +13

Computational modeling of concrete fracture

J.G. Rots · Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) · 1988 · 682 citations · Full text

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +14

FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSES OF LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION

René de Borst, L. J. Sluys, H.‐B. Mühlhaus et al. · Engineering Computations · 1993 · 616 citations · Full text

Engineering, Computational Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +17

A strain-based plastic viscous-damage model for massive concrete structures

Rui Faria, J. Oliver, Miguel Cervera · International Journal of Solids and Structures · 1998 · 492 citations · Full text

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +14