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Damage in Concrete Subjected to Impact Loading

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This chapter aims to illustrate the damage modes observed in concrete structures subjected to high-strain-rate and impact loadings. During the impact of soft or hard projectile against a concrete target complex high-stresses and strain-rates-transient dynamic loading develops leading to various damage modes such as cratering on the front face, crushing and shearing in the projectile-target contact area, radial fracturing in the whole target, and, in case of the perforation, spalling on the rear face. In order to improve the constitutive models and numerical tools used to describe projectile-target interaction, these damage modes need to be studied and better understood. The present chapter first illustrates various observations of fracturing processes in concrete targets reported in different experimental works. Next, “laboratory impact experiments” in which the damage modes were carefully analyzed are presented. In addition, various experimental techniques that are used to analyze the strength and damage of concrete under high-strain-rates are illustrated. The expected damage modes induced under impact loading depending on the level of confinement and strain-rates are summarized. Finally, based on the experimental data of spalling tests and quasi-oedometric compression tests, a coupled plasticity-damage model is fitted and numerical calculations are used to predict the ballistic performances of a common concrete.

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Forquin, P. (2021). Damage in Concrete Subjected to Impact Loading. In: Voyiadjis, G.Z. (eds) Handbook of Damage Mechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8968-9_79-1

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