Concrete can be considered as a heterogeneous material at mesoscale comprising of
several constituents such as aggregates, mortar and Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) …

Numerical modelling at the mesoscale is a time-and cost-efficient tool to optimize concrete
mix design and to analyse the phenomenological causes of mechanical failure, eg when …

In this paper, a mesoscale model of concrete is presented, which considers particles, matrix
material and the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) as separate constituents. Particles are …

Meso-structural models are presently in common use for analysis of the mechanical
behaviour, damage evolution and failure of concrete. These are constructed either from XCT …

This work provides a micromechanical framework for modeling water-induced failure
mechanisms of concrete in an experimental-virtual lab. The complicated geometry and …

Improving the durability and sustainability of concrete structures has been driving the
enormous number of research papers on self-healing mechanisms that have been …

Dynamic loading of concrete often leads to excessive cracking and fragmentation. Since
these processes are massively influenced by the underlying heterogeneity of the material …

Localised failure of geomaterials in the form of cracks or shear bands always requires
special attention in constitutive modelling of solids and structures. This is because the …

Concrete is an heterogeneous structural material whose constitutive behaviour is strictly
depending on the mechanical properties of the aggregates and the cement paste. A large …

Using meso-structural representations of concrete, with aggregates dispersed in mortar, has
become a standard approach for damage and fracture analysis. However, there is no full …