Numerical simulation of the mechanical behaviour of porous concrete

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 984-1002

  Lian, Chunqi ^a   Zhuge, Yan ^b   Beecham, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concretes; Mechanical behaviour of materials; Modelling; Particle flow code; PFC; Porosity; Porous concrete; Simulation; Strength

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MODELLING; PARTICLE FLOW CODE; PFC; POROUS CONCRETES; SIMULATION; STRENGTH;

AGGREGATES; CODES (SYMBOLS); CONCRETES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROSITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 82255173618     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644401111178992     Document Type: Article

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