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Discrete element method simulations of fracture in concrete under uniaxial compression based on its real internal structure
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The paper describes experimental and numerical results of concrete fracture under quasi-static uniaxial compression. Experimental uniaxial compression tests were performed on concrete cubic specimens. Fracture in concrete was detected at the aggregate level by means of three non-destructive methods: three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography, two-dimensional scanning electron microscope and manual two-dimensional digital microscope. The discrete element method was used to directly simulate experiments. Concrete was modelled as a random heterogeneous four-phase material composed of aggregate particles, cement matrix, interfacial transitional zones and macrovoids based on experimental images. Two- and three-dimensional analyses were carried out. In two-dimensional analyses, the real aggregate shape was created by means of clusters of spheres. In three-dimensional calculations, spheres were solely used. A satisfactory agreement between numerical and experimental results was achieved in two-dimensional analyses. The model was capable of accurately predicting complex crack paths and the corresponding stress–strain responses observed in experiments.
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DAMAGE MECHANICS
no. 27,
pages 578 - 607,
ISSN: 1056-7895 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Bibliographic description:
- Suchorzewski J., Tejchman-Konarzewski A., Nitka M.: Discrete element method simulations of fracture in concrete under uniaxial compression based on its real internal structure// INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DAMAGE MECHANICS. -Vol. 27, iss. 4 (2018), s.578-607
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1177/1056789517690915
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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