Upscaling quasi-brittle strength of cement paste and mortar: A multi-scale engineering mechanics model

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 467-476

  Pichler, Bernhard ^a   Hellmich, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cement paste (D); Compressive strength (C); Elastic moduli (C); Micromechanics (C); Mortar (E)

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE STRENGTH; CEMENT GRAINS; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; DEGREE OF HYDRATION; DEVIATORIC STRESS; ENGINEERING MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HYDRATE PHASE; HYDRATE PHASIS; HYDRATION DEGREE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; LOAD TRANSFER; LOCAL FAILURE; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MATRIX; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MODELING APPROACH; MULTISCALES; SAND GRAINS; SPACE DIRECTIONS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UPSCALING;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CEMENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MICROMECHANICS; MORTAR; SPHERES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 79953040711     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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