[HTML][HTML] Self-healing cement concrete composites for resilient infrastructures: A review

W Zhang, Q Zheng, A Ashour, B Han - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Cracks in cement concrete composites, whether autogenous or loading-initiated, are almost
inevitable and often difficult to detect and repair, posing a threat to safety and durability of …

Mesoscale modelling of concrete–a review of geometry generation, placing algorithms, constitutive relations and applications

PSM Thilakarathna, KSK Baduge, P Mendis… - Engineering Fracture …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Concrete can be considered as a heterogeneous material at mesoscale comprising of
several constituents such as aggregates, mortar and Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of boundary effect model in multi-scale hybrid fibers reinforced cementitious composite and prediction of its structural failure behavior

C **e, M Cao, J Guan, Z Liu, M Khan - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The inclusion of multi-scale hybrid fibers in cement-based materials exhibits excellent crack
resistance performance at multi-level than that of single type or size of fiber. Multi-scale …

Insights into the thermal effect on the fracture toughness of calcium silicate hydrate grains: A reactive molecular dynamics study

Y Zhang, S Zhang, X Jiang, Q Chen, Z Jiang… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Cement-based materials behave with brittle properties at the macro scale. By contrast, at the
nanoscale, its main phase, the calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) grain, shows better ductility …

[HTML][HTML] From experimental testing to computational modelling: A review of shape memory alloy fiber-reinforced concrete composites

A Tabrizikahou, M Kuczma, C Czaderski… - Composites Part B …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have unique characteristics, such as the shape memory effect,
which allows them to recover their initial shape after being deformed when stimulated, and …

Numerical predictions of progressive collapse in reinforced concrete beam-column sub-assemblages: A focus on 3D multiscale modeling

X Long, PM Iyela, Y Su, MM Atlaw, SB Kang - Engineering Structures, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The progressive collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) beam-column sub-assemblage under
catenary action (CA) using the alternate load path method to evaluate structures' robustness …

Understanding fracture mechanism and behaviour of ultra-high strength concrete using mesoscale modelling

PSM Thilakarathna, KSK Baduge, P Mendis… - Engineering Fracture …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra High Strength Concrete (UHSC) is a composite material of which the fracture
and damage behavior is highly dependent on its constituent phases. Damage and fracture …

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 …

A three-dimensional meso-scale approach to the fracture analysis of ultrahigh performance concrete based on micropolar peridynamics

X Yan, W Li, R Zhang, L Guo - Construction and Building Materials, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) meso-scale approach is proposed to simulate the fracture
of ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) within the framework of peridynamics (PD) …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling method of fibre distribution in steel fibre reinforced concrete based on X-ray image recognition

Y Li, X Ruan, M Akiyama, M Zhang, J **n… - Composites Part B …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The accurate and efficient simulation of steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) is of great
significance for its further application in civil engineering. Problems of existing modelling …