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creators_name: Zavarise, Giorgio
creators_name: Carpinteri, Alberto
creators_name: Paggi, Marco
creators_name: De Lorenzis, Laura
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creators_id: marco.paggi@imtlucca.it
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title: Technical Papers: Linear elastic fracture mechanics approach to plate end debonding in rectilinear and curved plated beams
ispublished: pub
subjects: TJ
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: none
keywords: curved beams, plate end debonding, finite elements, fracture mechanics, FRP reinforcement, plated beams, snap-back instability 
abstract: This paper proposes a linear elastic fracture mechanics approach for the prediction of plate end debonding in rectilinear and curved plated beams. The analytical model results in simple equations, suitable for immediate design use. The load-deflection curve of a plated beam, from the onset of debonding up to the complete separation of the plate, is obtained by controlling the length of the interfacial debonding crack. Its shape clearly shows that snap-back or snap-through instabilities may arise when the beam is loaded under displacement or force control. Analytical predictions are also compared with finite element results based on an interfacial cohesive crack model. It is shown that the predictions of the proposed analytical model match closely the numerical solution, provided that an effective crack length accounting for the size of the fracture process zone is used in the calculations.
date: 2010
publication: Advances in Structural Engineering
volume: 13
number: 5
publisher: Multi-Science Publishing
pagerange: 875-889
id_number: doi:10.1260/1369-4332.13.5.875
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1369-4332
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/1369-4332.13.5.875
citation:   Zavarise, Giorgio and Carpinteri, Alberto and Paggi, Marco and De Lorenzis, Laura  Technical Papers: Linear elastic fracture mechanics approach to plate end debonding in rectilinear and curved plated beams.  Advances in Structural Engineering, 13 (5).  pp. 875-889.  ISSN 1369-4332      (2010)