Comparative Studies on Mixed Mode Cohesive Interface Cracks of Quasi-Brittle Materials

Abstract

Concerning on the modelling of quasi-brittle fracture process zone at interface crack of quasi-brittle materials and structures, typical constitutive models of mixed mode interface cracks were compared. Numerical calculations of the constitutive behaviours of selected models were carried out at local level. Aiming at the simulation of quasi-brittle fracture of concrete-like materials and structures, the emphases of the qualitative comparisons of selected cohesive models are focused on: (1) the fundamental mixed mode fracture behaviours of selected interface crack models; (2) dilatancy properties of the selected models under mixed mode fracture loading conditions.