Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Heterogeneous structures studied by an interphase elasto-plastic
damaging model
G. Giambanco, G. Fileccia Scimemi & A. Spada
Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace and Materials’ Engineering,
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
ABSTRACT: Heterogeneous materials present a mechanical response strongly dependent on the static and
kinematic phenomena occurring in the constituents and at their joints. At the mesoscopic level the interaction
between the units is usually simulated by mean of zero thickness interface models (ZTI) where contact tractions
and displacement discontinuities are the ...