Numerical simulation of fracture in plain and fibre reinforced concrete

... history of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) and the modelling of its behaviour in light of fracture mechanics. 2.2 A review of fracture mechanics and quasibrit- tle models The advent of fracture ... better and deeper understanding of fracture phenomena. This in turn has resulted in the development of theories to explain and quantify the observed physical...

Ngày tải lên: 26/05/2014, 17:57

... coupling provides a method for representing multiple scales of motion, a situation prevalent in coastal dynamics owing to the presences of the tide, waves, and interaction of these processes including ... varied between 28 m 1/3 /s in the offshore region to 44 m 1/3 /s in the estuary and surf zone. Five simulations were conducted in which combinations of tide and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 15:20

... deposits in uplands or in areas of stratified glacial deposits and covers uplands in a thin layer. Crystalline bedrock underlies the stratified glacial deposits and till, and consists primarily of ... of their position low in the landscape and flow system, most wetlands in the basin probably are predominantly in areas of ground-water discharge (Motts and O’B...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20

... the faultlines within an increasingly class-stratified culture, in that the pres- ence of Irish immigrants in England exacerbates the crisis of the English social body. And in locating the failure of ... disciplinary training and location in US English studies, as well as my investment in a feminist postcolonial mode of analysis, make for significant differences of emphas...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:39

... comparing and contrasting linguistics became popular thanks to the emergence of new lands, new communities, and new languages. Sine 1970s, comparing and contrasting linguistics has been playing ... request for information. The semantics refers to the close and intense relationship between the form and the meaning of a sentence (Thiêm, 2004). Comparing and contrasting ques...

Ngày tải lên: 22/01/2013, 09:28

... Introduction In Seamus Heaney’s allegorical lyric, ‘‘Act of Union’’ (), the coup- ling of England and Ireland issues in the conception of ‘‘an obstinate fifth column,’’ ‘‘the heaving province’’ ... disciplinary training and location in US English studies, as well as my investment in a feminist postcolonial mode of analysis, make for significant differences of emphasis...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... 1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGMINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG NGUYỄN ... perceived as insulting in workmate talks, it might be interpreted as a ludic insult in friend talks. 4.2. FINDINGS Some impirical findings on the interpretation of insults in Vie...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:16

... understand the exaggerating expressions in reading comprehension. Teachers and syllabus or materials should take into account this detail in teaching and preparing the linguistic content and ... semantic and pragmatic features of exaggeration in daily conversations, short stories and novels in the hope of finding out the similarities and -5- differences in...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:16