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 …

Maintaining the health and reliability of civil facilities is of strategic importance. In highway
engineering, pavement cracking impairs the road service and travel comfort level, while …

This study aims to explore dynamic behaviours of fracturing and damage evolution of rock
materials at the grain scale. A grain-based discrete element method (GB-DEM) is proposed …

Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) technique has been used widely to measure the
dynamic strength enhancement of concrete-like materials at high strain-rate between 101 …

This work addresses a knowledge gap in meso-scale modelling of concrete–the effect of
selected computational ITZ thickness on predicted macroscopic behaviour. A novel …

The paper shows three-dimensional (3D) numerical mesoscopic results on progressive
concrete fracture at aggregate level in a notched concrete beam under bending. A classical …

The paper describes two-dimensional meso-scale numerical results of fracture in notched
concrete beams under quasi-static three-point bending. Concrete was modelled as a …

The dynamic behavior of concrete is studied experimentally by testing annular and solid
concrete specimens using split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). The dynamic increase …

Effects of the inertia-induced radial confinement on the dynamic increase factor (DIF) of a
mortar specimen are investigated in split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) tests. It is shown …

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the impact resistance of
concrete with compressive strengths of 45–235MPa when subjected to impact by 12.6 mm …