Mesoscopic 3D simulation and in-situ 4D CT investigation on the mechanical behaviors of high-toughness recycled aggregate concrete

C Wang, J Yuan, B Lu, Y Zhang, Z Ma - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced recycled aggregate concrete, with its remarkable mechanical properties
and sustainable characteristics, has gained widespread application in building engineering …

Fracture and multiple-cracking modelling of strain-hardening cementitious composites

Q Wang, Q Li, X Yin, S Xu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Strain-hardening cementitious composites (SHCC), composed of short fibres embedded
within brittle matrix, exhibit distinctive pre-peak strain-hardening characteristics and …

Meso-scale analysis on the effect of coarse aggregate properties on the creep behaviors of concrete based on the 3D particle-based method

G Ma, Y Xie, G Long, Z Tang, X Zhou, H Wang… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coarse aggregate, as the main component of concrete, has a significant influence on its
behaviors. In this work, a 3D particle-based method was utilized to investigate the effect of …

3D mesoscale model of steel fiber reinforced concrete based on equivalent failure of steel fibers

G Zhou, Z Xu - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) is widely used in civil engineering. Investigating the
mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of SFRC materials using mesoscopic models …

3D mesoscale discrete element modeling of hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete

M Zhou, X He, H Wang, C Wu, B Wei, Y Li - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate the relationship of hybrid fiber volume friction on the mechanical properties
and failure mechanisms of steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC), the …

Multiscale modeling and simulation on mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced concrete

XN Li, XB Zuo, L Li, JH Liu - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
A multiscale mechanical model is proposed to quantitatively describe the macro-mechanical
behavior of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) based on its multiscale material compositions …

Review on finite element analysis of meso-structure model of concrete

G Pan, T Song, P Li, W Jia, Y Deng - Journal of Materials Science, 2024 - Springer
With the development of finite element theory and computer technology, the application of
numerical simulation methods to disclose the physical mechanisms of deformation and …

A finite element analysis method for random fiber-aggregate 3D mesoscale concrete based on the crack bridging law

W Xiong, L Wu, L Wang, C Zhou, Y Lu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Mesoscale modeling is an emerging analytical method that can be used to study fiber-
reinforced concrete. However, fine fibers with micrometer diameters are distributed in …

Mesoscale numerical investigation of dynamic spalling fracture in toughness concrete

X Yin, Q Li, Q Wang, B Chen, C Shu, S Xu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a two-phase mesoscale numerical model to investigate the dynamic
spalling fracture behaviour of hybrid fibre ultra-high toughness cementitious composites …

Multi-scale numerical simulation on mechanical strength of concrete based on its microstructural evolution

X Li, Y Zhang, J Liu, X Zuo - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to numerically investigate the relationship between mechanical
strength and microstructural evolution of concrete, firstly, based on the geometrical …