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 …

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

Many modern engineering structures are composed of brittle heterogenous, or quasibrittle,
materials. These include concrete, composites, tough ceramics, rocks, cold asphalt mixtures …

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 …

Quasibrittle (or brittle heterogeneous) materials are becoming increasingly important for
modern engineering. They include concretes, rocks, fiber composites, tough ceramics, sea …

This paper contributes by summarizing knowledge on the fatigue behavior of concrete,
discussing current standardization, and organizing previous contributions and prospecting …

Gaussian (normal) distribution is a basic continuous probability distribution in statistics, it
plays a substantial role in scientific and engineering problems that related to stochastic …

Owing to the random nature of heterogeneity, damage and fracture behavior of quasi-brittle
materials exhibits a considerable degree of uncertainty. Computational modeling of …

A thermodynamically consistent model proposed in this work introduces a generative
symbolic framework for computational components, which can capture the inelastic behavior …

Predicting the mechanical performance of concrete from composition and processing
remains a grand challenge. Our work focuses on predicting damage evolution in ultrahigh …