Multiscale modeling for cement-based materials, such as concrete, is a relatively young subject, but there are already a number of different approaches to study different aspects of these classical materials. In this paper, the parameter-passing multiscale modeling scheme is established and applied to address the multiscale modeling problem for the integrated system of cement paste, mortar, and...

An investigation into the mixed mode fracture of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC)beams with one percent volume fraction of steel fiber is presented. A series of notched beams withdifferent notch depths and locations are tested under three-point bending. The test results for apparentfracture toughness, crack trajectories, and fracture energy are presented. The crack paths for SFRCand plain...

a new model is proposed for two-dimensional simulation of the concrete fracture in compression. the model generated by using the voronoi diagram method and with considering random shape and distribution of full graded aggregates at the mesoscopic level. the aggregates modeled by combining irregular polygons, which then is placed into the concrete with no intersection between them. by this new m...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Concrete (E) Fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) (E) Constitutive relationship (C) Cohesive fracture (C) Fracture energy (C) A simple, effective, and practical constitutive model for cohesive fracture of fiber reinforced concrete is proposed by differentiating the aggregate bridging zone and the fiber bridging zone. The aggregate bridging zone is related to the total...

the purpose of this research was to evaluate the application of recycled aggregates of constructiondebris such as concrete, cement block and rubbles from pars-kangan site in asphalt concrete mix design. toevaluate the performance of aggregates different mix designs with recycled aggregate percentages of 0, 10,30, 50 and bitumen percentages of 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, and 6.5 were provided and two mar...

This study investigates propagation of mode I crack in B70 pre-stressed concrete sleepers by fracture mechanics approach. A new experimental analysis is done for notched B70 pre-stressed concrete sleepers with Replica test and image analysis. A scanning electron microscope test (SEM) and an image analysis are applied for the Replica test in order to determine crack length and crack mouth openin...

Fracture mechanics is a field of solid mechanics interested with the behaviour of materials under certain loads their distribution and finally the fracture criteria of given materials.This Paper evaluates size dependency of fracture parameters, fracture energy (Gf) and fracture process zone effective length (Cf) of concrete concluded as per Bazant’s size effect method. Fracture mechanics standa...

In concrete pavements, a single concrete mixture design is selected to resist mechanical loading without attempting to adversely affect the concrete pavement shrinkage, ride quality, or noise attenuation. An alternative approach is to design distinct layers within the concrete pavement surface which have specific functions thus achieving higher performance at a lower cost. The objective of this...

this paper investigated the effects of combining fibers with self-consolidating concrete (scc). 12 series of test specimens were prepared using three kinds of fibers including steel, polyphenylene sulfide (pps) and glass fibers with four different volumes fractions and one specimen without fibers as a reference sample. all plans were subjected to fresh concrete tests. for mechanical behavior of...

Interfaces between two different mixes or strengths of concrete appear in large concrete structures involving mass concreting such as dams, nuclear containment vessels, cooling towers etc., since joints between successive lifts are inevitable. These joints and interfaces are potential sites for crack formation, leading to weakening of mechanical strength and subsequent failure. Research involvi...