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Tension stiffening

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Pricilla

Pricilla

Civil/Environmental
Aug 8, 2006
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Hi!

Is it possible to model concrete without using tension stiffening, using the concrete smeared cracking. I have a brittle material and when I try to use a small tension stiffening I get convergence problems.

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