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Modeling of concrete with Ansys 15

Submitted by Patrizia on

Good morning, I am a student in civil engineering and I am trying to model a reinforced concrete beam with Ansys 15. I would like to ask to somebody how can I model the non linear behaviour of concrete. I have already tryied to use the inelastic non metal plasticity model provided by the software but I don't know where to find the parameters (and also definitions of them) required like:

- open shear transfer coef;

- closed shear transfer coef;

- uniaxial cracking stress;

- uniaxial crushing stress.

Is this model enought or do I have also to build a stress-strain curve for concrete?

Any help will be really appreciate. Thank you

Patrizia