A meshless approach to non-local damage modelling of concrete

Abstract A non-linear continuum damage mechanics model for concrete constructions is analysed using a radial point interpolation meshless method (RPIM). The fundamental mathematical relations and the material model are fully characterized. The 2D plane stress RPIM formulation is extended to a rate-independent standard (local) damage model considering both tension and compression static states. Additionally, in this work, the local damage formulation is modified considering a non-local constitutive damage criterion with regard to a Helmholtz free energy potential. Here, the internal variational fields, such as local and non-local damage variables, are determined by a return-mapping damage algorithm. Due to the non-linear nature of the phenomenon, a displacement controlled Newton-Raphson iterative approach is adopted to attain the non-linear damage solution. In the end, the performance of the proposed non-local damage model is evaluated using an experimental test of a notched-three-point bending beam available in the literature. The obtained solution shows that the meshless methods are capable to effectively analyse concrete structures assuming a non-linear non-local continuum damage model.

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