Numerical simulation of aggregate shapes of three-dimensional concrete and its applications

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-527

  Du, Chengbin ^a   Sun, Liguo ^a   Jiang, Shouyan ^a   Ying, Zongquan ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CCCC FIRST HIGHWAY CONSULTANTS CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate shapes; Composites; Failure; Finite element analysis; Microcracking; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE DISTRIBUTION; AGGREGATE PARTICLES; AGGREGATE SHAPE; AGGREGATE VOLUME FRACTIONS; CONCRETE COMPOSITES; INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; CONCRETES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROCRACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84879485921     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000181     Document Type: Article

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