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Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceBuilding MaterialsMaterials CharacterizationMechanical Behavior Of MaterialsDamage MechanicsFracture MechanicsFracture PropagationMechanical CharacterizationMicrostructure - Property RelationshipsStrain MeasurementBrittle DamageBrittle FailureConcrete Fracture MechanicsContinuum Damage MechanicsFracture WidthMaterial Property EffectsMaterial Property Estimation
The characteristic length of a heterogeneous brittle material such as concrete represents a material property that governs the minimum possible width of a zone of strainsoftening damage in nonlocal...
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Mechanics of Distributed Cracking
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