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

Yade is an extensible open-source framework for discrete numerical models, focused on the
Discrete Element Method. The computation parts are written in c++ using a flexible object …

The Discrete Element Method (DEM) is increasingly used to simulate the behavior of rock.
Despite their intrinsic capability to model fracture initiation and propagation starting from …

Instabilities in rock structures involve coupled mechanisms related to both deformations
along existing discontinuities and brittle fracture of intact rock. Conventional kinematic and …

Hydraulic concrete structures in cold regions are vulnerable to freeze–thaw (FT) damage,
which will affect the fracture performance of concrete structures. Hence, the fracture …

We propose an extension of the Discrete Element Method for the numerical simulation of
cemented sands, in which spherical particles are bonded together by elastic beams …

The bonded particle model (BPM) has been increasingly used to simulate and analyze the
mechanical behavior of rocks. However, traditional BPMs that use symmetric particles bear …

Considering that freeze–thaw (FT) damage has a serious degradation effect on the
performance of concrete materials in cold regions and constraint is a common boundary …

This paper presents a local constitutive model for modelling the linear and non linear
behavior of soft and hard cohesive materials with the discrete element method (DEM). We …

Mechanical properties of concretes highly depend on aggregate inclusions. In-depth
understandings of concrete fracture mechanisms and how aggregates influence the …