Monte Carlo simulations of mesoscale fracture modelling of concrete with random aggregates and pores

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-45

  Wang, X F ^a   Yang, Z J ^a,b   Yates, J R ^c   Jivkov, A P ^a   Zhang, Ch ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Simuline Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregates and pores; Concrete; Meso scale modelling; Monte Carlo simulation; Nonlinear cohesive fracture; Random generation and packing

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORTAR; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; VOLUME FRACTION;

AGGREGATE VOLUME FRACTIONS; COHESIVE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; MESO SCALE MODELLING; POST-PEAK SOFTENING; RANDOM GENERATION; STRESS-DISPLACEMENT; TRACTION-SEPARATION RELATION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84912522291     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.069     Document Type: Article

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