Modelling and Parametric Identification of the Unstable Behaviour of Fibre-reinforced Materials: A New Computational Code

An accurate model for prismatic specimen subjected to bending action is crucial both for prediction and design decision making. The new Updated Bridged Crack Model 2.0 represents a precise tool, which let final users, such as scholars and engineers, to model in advanced beams made of concrete, polymer, metal and ceramic matrices both fibre-reinforced and plain. The study performed underline the validity of the MATLAB software in identifying fibre-reinforced concrete, hybrid-reinforced concrete, simple steel-bar reinforced concrete and plain concrete with astonishing velocity and precision performances. A new perspective is explained hereafter, by giving successful preliminary example over new materials with usage spread in different fields of engineering: civil, aerospace and nuclear. These results lead UBCM 2.0 to cover a wider range of applicability, letting it be universal in the meandering of flexural modeling.