| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N03365/01 |
| Title: |
MANIFOLD METHOD FOR MODELLING FRACTURING IN QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Pearce, Professor C |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Glasgow |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
31 August 2000 |
Ends: |
30 October 2003 |
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51,819
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| Civil Engineering Materials |
Ground Engineering |
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Construction |
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This research will investigate the recently developed Manifold Method and extend its applicability to model fractuing in quasi-brittle materials in a rational manner that has proved difficult with continuum methods (eg FEM) or discontinuum methds (eg DEM). The Manifold Method is relatively unique in that models both continua and discontinua in a coherent way by defining the physical domain independently of the underlying mathematical mesh.The method has to date been almost entirely developed by a handful of researchers in the USA and Japan to solve rock mechanics problems. However, the method lends itself to a much wider spectrum of problems involving quasi-brittle materials which this project aims to exploit. This initial work will concentrate on developing the method for fracturing in solid mechanics problems but with a view to extending the technique to multi-physics problems at a later date.This technique will allow analysts to model the entire transition process from intact solid to fractured medium and will therefore provide a powerful tool in the design and rational assessment of many engineering problems where a deeper understanding of the failure mechanisms in quasi-brittle materials is essential.
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