%0 Book Section
%A Carpinteri, Alberto
%A Paggi, Marco
%B Mechanics down under
%D 2013
%F eprints:2050
%I Springer
%P 15-33
%T Modelling strain localization by cohesive (overlapping) zones in tension (compression): brittleness size effects and scaling in material properties
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2050/
%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.
%Z Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, held in Adelaide, Australia, 24 - 29 August, 2008.