DISCUSSION ON "FAILURE ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE BASED ON NON-CONTINUUM MODEL"(Masanao ARAI, Teruaki FUNAMI, Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA, Hiroshi MORI and Yasuo TANIGAWA, J. Struct. Constr. Eng., AIJ, No.471, May, 1995)

Abstract

The proposed method is attractive. However, the discusser have the following questions on the details of the method : (1) the existence of suspension elements related to the distance between aggregates, (2) the evaluation of cross-sectional area of suspension element, (3) the effects of overlapping of suspension elements, (4) the expansion of suspension element due to sliding failure, and (5) the direction of failure of suspension element.