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Pathirage, M., Di Luzio, G., Masoero, E., Bentz

A multiscale framework for the prediction of concrete self-desiccation

Pathirage, M., Bousikhane, F., D’Ambrosia, M.

Effect of alkali silica reaction on the mechanical properties of aging mortar bars: Experiments and

Lei Shen, Qingwen Ren, Linfei Zhang, Yan Han

Experimental and numerical study of effective thermal conductivity of cracked concrete

The pronounced decrease of effective thermal conductivity (ETC) due to cracking behavior of concrete will change the temperature profile...

Gianluca Cusatis and Edward A. Schauffert

Cohesive Crack Analysis of Size Effect

This paper deals with the analysis of size effect in concrete. An extensive campaign of accurate numerical simulations, based on the...

Lei Shen, Qingwen Ren, Ning Xia, Liguo Sun

Mesoscopic numerical simulation of effective thermal conductivity of tensile cracked concrete

The pronounced decrease of effective thermal conductivity (ETC) due to cracking behavior of concrete will change the temperature profile...

Gianluca Cusatis, Xinwei Zhou

High-Order Microplane Theory for Quasi-Brittle Materials with Multiple Characteristic Lengths

The heterogeneous internal structure of quasi-brittle materials governs several aspects of their behavior, especially in the nonlinear...

Mohammed Alnaggar, Gianluca Cusatis

Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling (LDPM) of Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) deterioration of concrete

A large number of structures especially in high humidity environments are endangered by Alkali–Silica Reaction (ASR). ASR leads to the...

Giovanni Di Luzio, Gianluca Cusatis

Solidification–microprestress–microplane (SMM) theory for concrete at early age: Theory, validation

This paper presents a new constitutive model describing the mechanical behavior of concrete at early age and beyond. This model, entitled...