抄録
A new method for analyzing the behavior of fresh concrete, i.e., a viscoplastic divided space element method (VDEM) is proposed, which is applicable to simulate the flow and deformation of fresh concrete in practical concreting works, and some analytical results are shown in this paper. This method can be applied to calculate the large deformation of fresh concrete at casting in the form in which reinforcing bar and steel exist, and also to examine the effect of vibration. Such characteristics and applicability of VDEM are compared with the viscoplastic finite element method (VFEM) and the viscoplastic suspension element method (VSEM) proposed earlier by the authors.
