Browsing Theses by Subject "cracks"
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The Influence of Loading on the Corrosion of Steel in Cracked Ordinary Portland Cement and High Performance Concretes
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-20)Most studies that have examined chloride-induced corrosion of steel in concrete have focused on sound concrete. However, reinforced concrete is seldom uncracked and very few studies have investigated the influence of cracked ... -
Simulation of Cracks in a Cosserat Medium using the eXtended Finite Element Method
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-15)This research investigates fracture behaviour in the Cosserat materials. The Cosserat elasticity description of the materials incorporates a characteristic length scale (e.g. grains, particles, fibres, etc.) into the model. ...