With the continuous advancement of oil and gas field development technologies, there has
been an increasing focus on the exploration of unconventional oil and gas resources, such …

Ensuring the structural integrity of civil infrastructures is critical, given the potential hazards
presented by cracks. Traditional manual inspections, though common, often face challenges …

The existence of process zones at crack tips in quasi-brittle materials is responsible for the
structural size-dependent fracture strength. Hence, accurate prediction tools should not only …

The purpose of this paper is to establish a new constitutive model for functionally graded
concrete (FGC) with high fiber content, considering randomly distributed cylindrical fibers …

Cementitious composites are widely used in architecture and construction field, but usually
show quasi-brittle failure at macroscale under tensile or bending loads. In contrast, the …

A comprehensive overview of fracture propagation in concrete, covering various aspects
ranging from fundamentals to applications and future directions, is presented. The …

Shattered pellet injection (SPI) is a promising method for controlling plasma disruptions in
tokamaks. In this study, we present numerical modelling of the fragmentation of cryogenic …

As sustainable materials gain attention, coconut fiber has been increasingly utilized for
damping modifications in composites. However, existing methods mainly emphasized …

The tension softening relationship is a crucial input parameter for modeling the crack
propagation in concrete. To examine the influence of curing conditions on this parameter …

Despite FDEM's superior advantages in modeling solid deformation and fracturing
behaviors for engineering-scale analysis, it has been restricted to two-dimensional (2D) …