Rigorous characterization of fracture evolution in quasi-brittle materials–such as concrete–
requires computationally intensive and, mostly, complex approaches. However, the …

Improving the durability and sustainability of concrete structures has been driving the
enormous number of research papers on self-healing mechanisms that have been …

The dissipated strain energy, representing a monotonically increasing state variable in
nonlinear fracture mechanics, can be used to develop an arc-length constraint equation for …

Peridynamic models typically adopt regular point distributions and uniform horizons, limiting
their flexibility and engineering applicability. In this work, a micropolar peridynamics …

The cracking elements (CE) method is a recently presented self-propagating strong
discontinuity embedded approach with the statically optimal symmetric (SDA-SOS) …

Following the so‐called cracking elements method (CEM), we propose a novel Galerkin‐
based numerical approach for simulating quasi‐brittle fracture, named global cracking …

All crack models developed to date can be classified into discrete-and continuum-based
approaches. While discrete models are advantageously capable of capturing the kinetics of …

Advances in machine learning (ML) methods are important in industrial engineering and
attract great attention in recent years. However, a comprehensive comparative study of the …

Fracture behavior of encapsulation-based self-healing concrete (SHC) is investigated
numerically. In this paper, we study the influence of capsules including its volume ratio and …

Alkali silica reaction (ASR) is a long-term factor that causes concrete cracking, and the
ingress of harmful agents such as chloride can then be promoted by the ASR-induced …