Computational technology for analysis of 3D meso-structure effects on damage and failure of concrete

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 310-333

  Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhang, Mingzhong ^a,b   Jivkov, Andrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive zones; Concrete; Meso scale model; Monte Carlo simulation; Particle packing; Voids

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; CRACKS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COHESIVE ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MESO-SCALE MODELING; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; PARTICLE PACKINGS; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; VOIDS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84955626611     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Bailakanavar M., Liu Y., Fish J., Zheng Y. Automated modeling of random inclusion composites Eng. Comput. 30 2012 609 625
2. Barenblatt G.I. The formation of equilibrium cracks during brittle fracture. General ideas and hypotheses. Axially-symmetric cracks J. Appl. Math. Mech. 23 1959 622 636
3. Barenblatt G.I. The mathematical theory of equilibrium cracks in brittle fracture Adv. Appl. Mech. 7 1962 55 129
4. Bazant Z.P., Tabbara M.R., Kazemi M.T., Pijaudier-Cabot G. Random particle model for fracture of aggregate or fiber composites J. Eng. Mech. 116 1990 1686 1705
5. Beddow J.K., Meloy T. Testing and Characterization of Powders and Fine Particles 1980 Heyden and Son Ltd
6. Bertolini L., Elsener B., Pedeferri P., Redaelli E., Polder R.B. Corrosion of Steel in Concrete: Prevention, Diagnosis, Repair 2013 John Wiley & Sons
7. Caballero A., López C.M., Carol I. 3D meso-structural analysis of concrete specimens under uniaxial tension Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 195 2006 7182 7195
8. Daudeville M.L. Role of Coarse Aggregates in the Triaxial Behavior of Concrete: Experimental and Numerical Analysis (Ph.D. thesis) 2013 University of Grenoble
9. Dessault Systems ABAQUS: User Documentation 6.12 2012
10. Du X., Jin L., Ma G. Numerical modeling tensile failure behavior of concrete at mesoscale using extended finite element method Int. J. Damage Mech. 23 2014 819 838
11. Dugdale D. Yielding of steel sheets containing slits J. Mech. Phys. Solids 8 1960 100 104
12. Espinosa H.D., Zavattieri P.D. A grain level model for the study of failure initiation and evolution in polycrystalline brittle materials. Part I: theory and numerical implementation Mech. Mater. 35 2003 333 364
13. Galindo-Torres S.A., Pedroso D.M. Molecular dynamics simulations of complex-shaped particles using Voronoi-based spheropolyhedra Phys. Rev. E 81 2010 061303
14. Galindo-Torres S.A., Pedroso D.M., Williams D.J., Li L. Breaking processes in three-dimensional bonded granular materials with general shapes Comput. Phys. Commun. 183 2012 266 277
15. He H., Stroeven P., Pirard E., Courard L. Shape simulation of granular particles in concrete and applications in DEM Proceedings of the International Symposium Brittle Matrix Composites 10 2012 275 283
16. Hillerborg A., Modéer M., Petersson P.-E. Analysis of crack formation and crack growth in concrete by means of fracture mechanics and finite elements Cem. Concr. Res. 6 1976 773 781
17. Hirsch T.J. Modulus of elasticity of concrete affected by elastic moduli of cement paste matrix and aggregate ACI Journal Proceedings ACI 1962
18. Hordijk D.A. Local Approach to Fatigue of Concrete (Ph.D. thesis) 1991 Delft University of Technology
19. Hunter O.K. Characterization of Pore Structure and Crack Propagation in Concrete Using X-Ray Computed Tomography (Ph.D. thesis) 2004 Delft University of Technology
20. Jivkov A.P. Structure of micro-crack population and damage evolution in quasi-brittle media Theor. Appl. Fract. Mech. 70 2014 1 9
21. Jivkov A.P., Engelberg D.L., Stein R., Petkovski M. Pore space and brittle damage evolution in concrete Eng. Fract. Mech. 110 2013 378 395
22. Jivkov A.P., Xiong Q. A network model for diffusion in media with partially resolvable pore space characteristics Transp. Porous Media 105 2014 83 104
23. Kim S., Al-Rub R.K.A. Meso-scale computational modeling of the plastic-damage response of cementitious composites Cem. Concr. Res. 41 2011 339 358
24. Leite J.P.B., Slowik V., Mihashi H. Computer simulation of fracture processes of concrete using mesolevel models of lattice structures Cem. Concr. Res. 34 2004 1025 1033
25. Liu L., Shen D., Chen H., Xu W. Aggregate shape effect on the diffusivity of mortar: a 3D numerical investigation by random packing models of ellipsoidal particles and of convex polyhedral particles Comput. Struct. 144 2014 40 51
26. López C.M., Carol I., Aguado A. Meso-structural study of concrete fracture using interface elements. I: numerical model and tensile behavior Mater. Struct. 41 2007 583 599
27. Man H.K. Analysis of 3D Scale and Size Effects in Numerical Concrete (Ph.D. thesis) 2010 ETH Zurich
28. Man H.K., Van Mier J.G.M. Influence of particle density on 3D size effects in the fracture of (numerical) concrete Mech. Mater. 40 2008 470 486
29. Oliver J., Linero D., Huespe A., Manzoli O. Two-dimensional modeling of material failure in reinforced concrete by means of a continuum strong discontinuity approach Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 197 2008 332 348
30. Patzák B., Jirásek M. Process zone resolution by extended finite elements Eng. Fract. Mech. 70 2003 957 977
31. Pedersen R.R., Simone A., Sluys L.J. Mesoscopic modeling and simulation of the dynamic tensile behavior of concrete Cem. Concr. Res. 50 2013 74 87
32. Qian Z. Multiscale Modeling of Fracture Processes in Cementitious Materials (Ph.D. thesis) 2012 Delft University of Technology
33. Qiang T.C., Kou X.D., Zhou W.Y. Three-dimensional FEM interface coupled method and its application to arch dam fracture analysis Chin. J. Rock Mech. Eng. 19 2000 562 566
34. Reichert T. Development of 3D Lattice Models for Predicting Nonlinear Timber Joint Behavior (Ph.D. thesis) 2009 Edinburgh Napier University
35. Roubin E. Meso-scale FE and Morphological Modeling of Heterogeneous Media: Applications to Cementitious Materials (Ph.D. thesis) 2014 LMT-Cachan
36. Roubin E., Vallade A., Benkemoun N., Colliat J.-B. Multi-scale failure of heterogeneous materials: a double kinematics enhancement for embedded finite element method Int. J. Solids Struct 2014
37. Roubin E., Vallade A., Benkemoun N., Colliat J.-B. Multi-scale failure of heterogeneous materials: a double kinematics enhancement for embedded finite element method Int. J. Solids Struct. 52 2015 180 196
38. Sharma R., Mahajan P., Mittal R.K. Elastic modulus of 3D carbon/carbon composite using image-based finite element simulations and experiments Compos. Struct. 98 2013 69 78
39. Shiu W., Donzé F.-V., Daudeville L. Compaction process in concrete during missile impact: a DEM analysis Comput. Concr. 5 2008 329 342
40. Simo J.C., Oliver J., Armero F. An analysis of strong discontinuities induced by strain-softening in rate-independent inelastic solids Comput. Mech. 12 1993 277 296
41. Tu Z., Lu Y. Mesoscale modelling of concrete for static and dynamic response analysis. Part 1: model development and implementation Struct. Eng. Mech. 37 2011 197 213
42. Unger J.F., Eckardt S., Könke C. Modelling of cohesive crack growth in concrete structures with the extended finite element method Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 196 2007 4087 4100
43. Van Mier J.G.M., Schlangen E. On the stability of softening systems Fracture of Concrete and Rock-Recent Developments 1989 Elsevier Applied Science Publishers London/New York 387 396
44. Voř echovský M., Sadílek V. Computational modeling of size effects in concrete specimens under uniaxial tension Int. J. Fract. 154 2009 27 49
45. Wang X., Jivkov A.P. Combined numerical-statistical analyses of damage and failure of 2D and 3D mesoscale heterogeneous concrete Math. Probl. Eng. 501 2015 702563
46. Wang X., Yang Z., Jivkov A.P. Monte Carlo simulations of mesoscale fracture of concrete with random aggregates and pores: a size effect study Constr. Build. Mater. 80 2015 262 272
47. Wang X., Yang Z., Yates J.R., Jivkov A.P., Zhang C. Monte Carlo simulations of mesoscale fracture modelling of concrete with random aggregates and pores Constr. Build. Mater. 75 2015 35 45
48. Wang Z., Kwan A., Chan H. Mesoscopic study of concrete I: generation of random aggregate structure and finite element mesh Comput. Struct. 70 1999 533 544
49. Wittmann F. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, Elsevier 1983
50. Wriggers P., Moftah S.O. Mesoscale models for concrete: homogenisation and damage behaviour Finite Elem. Anal. Des. 42 2006 623 636
51. Xiong Q., Jivkov A.P., Yates J.R. Discrete modelling of contaminant diffusion in porous media with sorption Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 185 2014 51 60
52. Yang Z., Wang X., Yin D., Zhang C. A non-matching finite element-scaled boundary finite element coupled method for linear elastic crack propagation modelling Comput. Struct. 153 2015 126 136
53. You Z., Buttlar W. Discrete element modeling to predict the modulus of asphalt concrete mixtures J. Mater. Civil Eng. 16 2004 140 146