In the failure of quasi-brittle materials such as rocks, microstuctural damage always
precedes macroscopic fracture and manifests itself in the formation of fracture process zones …

Discrete models of solids have been motivated, in large part, by the discontinuous and
heterogeneous nature of material structure and its breakdown under loading. The …

This study aims to evaluate the macro-micro-meso-mechanical properties of basalt fiber (BF)-
reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (BFRAC). Firstly, the effects of BF with different …

Concrete can be considered as a heterogeneous material at mesoscale comprising of
several constituents such as aggregates, mortar and Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) …

Great progresses have been made in static size effect of concrete, while almost no efforts
have been conducted in dynamic size effect of concrete. The macro nonlinearity and size …

A phase-field regularized cohesive zone model (CZM) was recently proposed for both brittle
fracture and cohesive failure within the framework of the unified phase-field damage theory …

Further understanding of the mechanical responses and the failure mechanism of concrete
under different loadings, the mesoscale modelling approach considering the heterogeneity …

To better understand the damage characteristics of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)
containing coarse aggregates (CA) under load effects, we proposed a novel three …

Concrete is non-homogeneous and is composed of three main constituent phases from a
mesoscopic viewpoint, namely aggregates, mortar matrix, and interface transition zone (ITZ) …

In this work, an attempt has been made to understand the evolution of fracture process zone
in plain concrete member utilizing Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique. Series of …