%0 Journal Article
%@ 0044-2267
%A Carpinteri, Alberto
%A Paggi, Marco
%D 2012
%F eprints:2015
%I Wiley-VCH Verlag
%J ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
%K Cohesive crack model, overlapping crack model, fractal cohesive crack model.
%N 10
%P 829-840
%T Modelling strain localization by cohesive/overlapping zones in tension/compression: Brittleness size effects and scaling in material properties
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2015/
%V 92
%X The present paper is a state-of-the-art review of the research carried out at the Politecnico di Torino during the last two decades on the modelling of strain localization. Introducing the elementary cohesive/overlapping models in tension/compression, it will be shown that it is possible to get a deep insight into the ductile-to-brittle transition and into the scaling of the material properties usually detected when testing quasi-brittle material specimens or structures at different size-scales