Design and assessment with strut-and-tie  models and stress fields: from simple calculation to detailed numerical  analysis

Contents

Scope

1 Introduction

2 General considerations on stress fields and strut-and-tie models

3 Use of the Levls-of-Approximation approach to design with stress fields and strut-and-tie models

4 Equilibrium-based models

5 Principles of computer modelling

6 Practical examples

7 Special topics

8 Conclutions and outlook

9 References

10 Notations

11 Definitions