Modeling the elastic properties of concrete composites: Experiment, differential effective medium theory, and numerical simulation

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-38

  Sun, Zhihui ^a   Garboczi, Edward J ^b   Shah, Surendra P ^c  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential effective medium theory; Dynamic elastic moduli; Interfacial transition zone; Microstructure; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WATER;

CONCRETE COMPOSITE; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY (D-EMT); DYNAMIC ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE (ITZ);

CONCRETES;

EID: 33750614280     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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