Analysis of the influence of the attached mortar's geometry on the mechanical behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete through mesoscale modelling

Q Ren, J Pacheco, J de Brito, J Hu - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
The geometry of the attached mortar present in recycled concrete aggregates influences the
behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete, since this mortar is porous, rough and tends to …

3D mesoscale modelling of recycled aggregate concrete

Q Ren, J Pacheco, J de Brito - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Mesoscale modelling is a promising tool to analyse the phenomenological causes of
mechanical failure of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). Most mesoscale models of RAC …

Quantification of the residual mortar's distribution and wrapping degree in recycled concrete aggregate based on 3-D reconstruction technology

Y Hu, J Li, P Gao, B Zhan, Y Yu, Y Yang, L Hong… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) and spherical harmonics (SH) reconstruction
technology were combined to quantify the content, distribution and wrapping degree of …