Effects of Voids on Concrete Tensile Fracturing: A Mesoscale Study

Figure 8

Mesoscale cracking development at different loading levels of the concrete specimen without void ). (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) show the equivalent tensile plastic strain distributions at points a–f, respectively.

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