Effects of Voids on Concrete Tensile Fracturing: A Mesoscale Study

Figure 10

Mesoscale cracking development at different loading levels of concrete specimen with and . (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) show the equivalent tensile plastic strain distributions at points a–f, respectively.

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