[HTML][HTML] Interpretable Ensemble-Machine-Learning models for predicting creep behavior of concrete

M Liang, Z Chang, Z Wan, Y Gan, E Schlangen… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to provide an efficient and accurate machine learning (ML) approach for
predicting the creep behavior of concrete. Three ensemble machine learning (EML) models …

Phase-field cohesive zone modeling of multi-physical fracture in solids and the open-source implementation in Comsol Multiphysics

WX Chen, JY Wu - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the popularity of phase-field models for fracture in purely mechanical problems, their
application to the modeling of fracture in multi-physics problems is much less reported. This …

A multiscale micromechanics-hydration model for the early-age elastic properties of cement-based materials

O Bernard, FJ Ulm, E Lemarchand - Cement and concrete research, 2003 - Elsevier
The E-modulus of early age cement-based materials, and more importantly, its evolution in
time, is one of the most critical material-to-structural design parameters affecting the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation method and mitigation strategies for shrinkage cracking of modern concrete

J Liu, Q Tian, Y Wang, H Li, W Xu - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The complex compositions and large shrinkage of concrete, as well as the strong constraints
of the structures, often lead to prominent shrinkage cracking problems in modern concrete …

Experimental and theoretical analysis on coupled effect of hydration, temperature and humidity in early-age cement-based materials

H Zhao, K Jiang, R Yang, Y Tang, J Liu - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
Cement-based materials are widely used as building materials in practice. However, the
deformations caused by changes in temperature and humidity are large and can easily …

Hygro‐thermo‐chemo‐mechanical modelling of concrete at early ages and beyond. Part I: hydration and hygro‐thermal phenomena

D Gawin, F Pesavento… - International journal for …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Part 1 of the paper presents a new numerical model of hygro‐thermal and hydration
phenomena in concrete at early ages and beyond. This is a solidification‐type model where …

Hydration kinetics modeling of Portland cement considering the effects of curing temperature and applied pressure

F Lin, C Meyer - Cement and Concrete Research, 2009 - Elsevier
A hydration kinetics model for Portland cement is formulated based on thermodynamics of
multiphase porous media. The mechanism of cement hydration is discussed based on …

Effect of fly ash on the kinetics of Portland cement hydration at different curing temperatures

M Narmluk, T Nawa - Cement and concrete research, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes the effect of fly ash on the hydration kinetics of cement in low water to
binder (w/b) fly ash-cement at different curing temperatures. The modified shrinking-core …

A discrete numerical model for the effects of crack healing on the behaviour of ordinary plain concrete: Implementation, calibration, and validation

A Cibelli, M Pathirage, G Cusatis, L Ferrara… - Engineering Fracture …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last decade the self-healing of cracks in cementitious materials has been gaining an
increasing interest by both the concrete industry and the scientific community. Framed into …

Artificial neural networks in the calibration of nonlinear mechanical models

T Mareš, E Janouchová, A Kučerová - Advances in Engineering Software, 2016 - Elsevier
Rapid development in numerical modelling of materials and the complexity of new models
increase quickly together with their computational demands. Despite the growing …