Modeling of the influence of the damage on the behavior of concrete during tensile-compressive loading
Abstract
Experimental tensile-compressive cyclic tests on DEN-concrete specimens reveal several phenomena: nonlinear elasticity, stiffness reduction, stiffness recovery, permanent deformation and hysteretic behavior, which changes shape during tensile unloading to compressive loading. In this paper, a constitutive model is proposed that captures all these effects, and which is based on strain decomposition into a classical linear elastic strain and a non-classical strain described by the Preisach-Mayergoyz model (PM-model).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
Fatigue and fracture mechanics
Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 419–426
- Publication date
- 4 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter