Multiscale modeling: a review

MF Horstemeyer - Practical aspects of computational chemistry: methods …, 2010‏ - Springer
This review of multiscale modeling covers a brief history of various multiscale methodologies
related to solid materials and the associated experimental influences, the various influence …

Quantitative ultrasound assessment of cortical bone properties beyond bone mineral density

Q Grimal, P Laugier - Irbm, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The development of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) technologies to measure bone is
motivated by the need to overcome the limitations of X-ray based methods, measuring bone …

'Universal'microstructural patterns in cortical and trabecular, extracellular and extravascular bone materials: micromechanics-based prediction of anisotropic elasticity

A Fritsch, C Hellmich - Journal of theoretical biology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Bone materials are characterized by an astonishing variability and diversity. Still, because of
'architectural constraints' due to once chosen material constituents and their physical …

The nanogranular nature of shale

FJ Ulm, Y Abousleiman - Acta Geotechnica, 2006‏ - Springer
Despite their ubiquitous presence as sealing formations in hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs
affecting many fields of exploitation, the source of anisotropy of this earth material is still an …

Hydrate failure in ITZ governs concrete strength: A micro-to-macro validated engineering mechanics model

M Königsberger, M Hlobil, B Delsaute, S Staquet… - Cement and Concrete …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Ever since the early days of Féret (1892) and Abrams (1919), concrete research has
targeted at relating concrete composition to uniaxial compressive strength. While these …

Development and experimental validation of a continuum micromechanics model for the elasticity of wood

K Hofstetter, C Hellmich, J Eberhardsteiner - European Journal of …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
This contribution covers the development and validation of a microelastic model for wood,
based on a four-step homogenization scheme. At a length scale of several tens of …

Mineral–collagen interactions in elasticity of bone ultrastructure–a continuum micromechanics approach

C Hellmich, JF Barthélémy, L Dormieux - European Journal of Mechanics-A …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
The organization of the elementary components within the ultrastructure of mineralized
tissues (bone and mineralized tendons) has provoked some controversy; especially with …

Ductile sliding between mineral crystals followed by rupture of collagen crosslinks: experimentally supported micromechanical explanation of bone strength

A Fritsch, C Hellmich, L Dormieux - Journal of theoretical biology, 2009‏ - Elsevier
There is an ongoing discussion on how bone strength could be explained from its internal
structure and composition. Reviewing recent experimental and molecular dynamics studies …

The effect of the nanogranular nature of shale on their poroelastic behavior

JA Ortega, FJ Ulm, Y Abousleiman - Acta Geotechnica, 2007‏ - Springer
Natural composite materials are highly heterogeneous porous materials, with porosities that
manifest themselves at scales much below the macroscale of engineering applications. A …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling systems biology with multiscale mechanics, for computer simulations of bone remodeling

S Scheiner, P Pivonka, C Hellmich - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Bone remodeling is a process involving removal of mature bone tissue and subsequent
formation of new bone tissue. This process is driven by complex actions of biological cells …