The identification of structural damages takes a more and more important role within the
modern economy, where often the monitoring of an infrastructure is the last approach to …

Biomineralization is a popular reinforcement technology, but which is rarely studied at high
temperatures. Some potential application targets are high-temperature environments. So it's …

A novel, fully coupled hydro-mechanical model for the failure analysis of partially saturated
porous media is presented. Failure mechanisms pertain to propagating discontinuities, ie …

A damage softening model is implemented into a discrete lattice framework with embedded
strong discontinuities for the discontinuous representation of fracture. Such a model fits …

Bio-chemical reactions enable the production of biomimetic materials such as sandstones.
In the present study, microbiologically-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is …

Thermal properties of sand are of importance in numerous engineering and scientific
applications ranging from energy storage and transportation infrastructures to underground …

Fracture parameters play an important role in accurately simulating fracture propagation
phenomena, which are highly nonlinear and sensitive to various parameters. The main …

The development of a new dynamic lattice element method (dynamicLEM) as well as its
application in the simulation of the propagation of body waves in discontinuous and …

Current advances in artificial intelligence (AI), especially machine learning and deep
learning, provide an alternative approach to problem-solving for engineers and scientists in …

Success of our ongoing energy transition largely depends on subsurface exploitation. The
subsurface can act as a “battery” to store energy dense fluids such as hydrogen, or a “host” …