Alaa Hussein Al-Zuhairi

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In concrete crack modeling using Extended FEM how one can treat the existence of reinforcement rebar when the crack path intersect this rebar?

The Extended Finite Element is innovative method used for treatment the discontinuity problem that faced the FE model during cracking process. Still a problem raises when the concrete is...

07 July 2018 2,160 4 View

What is the fracture energy?

Brittle materials such as concrete fail by cracking when they are subjected to tensile stress and by crushing when they are subjected to compression. Most of theories of failure applied to theses...

02 February 2018 600 1 View

I ask if it is possible to model cracking in reinforced concrete using Extended Finite Element method?

Extended Finite Element (XFE) method is a new approach used to treat the discontinuity results from concrete cracking. It is well known that XFE is applied sufficiently for crack propagation in...

02 February 2018 2,535 4 View

Is there any design code or code of practice regarding specially shaped reinforced concrete columns?

I am looking for a code of practice for design of reinforced concrete columns having arbitrary cross-sections such as angle, tee of cross shapes

01 January 2018 1,133 0 View