Multiscale simulations of concrete mechanical tests

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 236, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4882-4892

  Vorel, Jan ^a   Šmilauer, Vít ^a   Bittnar, Zdeněk ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coated inclusion; Concrete; Mori Tanaka method; Mortar; Multiscale modeling; Virtual testing

Indexed keywords

AIR VOIDS; AUTOMATED SUPPORT; COATED INCLUSION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; DESIGN PROCESS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL TESTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MORI TANAKA METHOD; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; TWO-STEP APPROACH; VIRTUAL TESTING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE TESTING; CONCRETES; MORTAR;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863988858     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2012.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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