This paper is part of a study on earthen mixtures for the 3D printing of buildings. To meet the
ever increasing environmental needs, the focus of the paper is on a particular type of …

This study provides a contribution to the research field of 3D-printed earthen buildings,
focusing, for the first time, on the load-bearing capacity of these structures. The study …

A new approach is described for simulating self-healing behaviour in cementitious materials
with a two phase micro-mechanical constitutive model. A Mori–Tanaka homogenisation …

Strain‐softening is the decline in stress at increasing strain. Although microcracking is a
commonly accepted reason for strain‐softening, the majority of theoretical developments …

A new procedure is proposed for identifying uniaxial stress-strain relationship and Poisson's
ratio in compressed plain concrete. The procedure is based on the assumption of an internal …

The procedure of the effective law outlined in this paper [Ferretti (2001); Ferretti and Di Leo
(2003); Ferretti (2004b)] is an experimental procedure for identifying the constitutive law in …

In several recent papers studying the Cell Method (CM), which is a numerical method based
on a truly algebraic formulation, it has been shown that numerical modeling in physics can …

This paper presents a new numerical method for multiscale modeling of composite
materials. The new numerical model, called DECM, consists of a DEM (Discrete Element …

Short abstract: One of the main research fields in past years concerns the modeling of
heterogeneous materials. For these materials, the use of the classical local continuum …

Among all the active confinement techniques, the use of pre-tensioned stainless steel straps
has recently gained much attention. The flexibility of the stainless steel straps allows us to …