Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures

Table of contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 12
Keynote lectures......Page 14
Modeling of concrete creep and hygrothermal deformations, and computation of their structural effects......Page 16
Alternate approaches to simulating the performance of ductile fiber-reinforced cement-based materials in structural applications......Page 28
Recent developments on computational modeling of material failure in plain and reinforced concrete structures......Page 44
Concrete under various loadings, way to model in a same framework: Damage, fracture and compaction......Page 58
Upscaling quasi-brittle strength of cement-based materials: A continuum micromechanics approach......Page 72
C-Crete: From atoms to concrete structures......Page 82
Constitutive and multi-scale modelling......Page 88
Pull-out behaviour of a glass multi-filaments yarn embedded in a cementitious matrix......Page 90
How to enforce non-negative energy dissipation in microplane and other constitutive models for softening damage, plasticity and......Page 100
A multiscale approach for nonlinear hysteretic damage behaviour of quasi-brittle disordered materials......Page 106
Modeling of reinforced cementitious composites using the microplane damage model in combination with the stochastic cracking the......Page 114
A statistical model for reinforced concrete bond prediction......Page 124
Introduction of an internal time in nonlocal integral theories......Page 134
Elastoplastic constitutive model for concretes of arbitrary strength properties......Page 142
Properties of concrete: A two step homogenization approach......Page 150
Stress state influence on nonlocal interactions in damage modelling......Page 158
A model for the uniaxial tensile behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete with a stochastic description of the concrete material......Page 166
Multi-axial modeling of plain concrete structures based on an anisotropic damage formulation......Page 176
Determination of cement paste mechanical properties: Comparison between micromechanical and ultrasound results......Page 186
The simulation of microcracking and micro-contact in a constitutive model for concrete......Page 192
Simulations of dynamic failure in plain and reinforced concrete with regularized plasticity and damage models......Page 200
Micromechanical approach to viscoelastic properties of fiber reinforced concrete......Page 210
Boundary and evolving boundary effects in non local damage models......Page 220
Homogenization-based model for reinforced concrete......Page 230
Development of constitutive model of shear stress transfer on concrete crack surface considering shear stress softening......Page 238
Microplane approach for modeling of concrete under low confinement......Page 246
Mesoand macroscopic models for fiber-reinforced concrete......Page 254
Gradient damage model with volumetric-deviatoric split......Page 264
Advances in numerical methods......Page 274
Continuous and discontinuous modeling of cracks in concrete elements......Page 276
Topological search of the crack path from a damage-type mechanical computation......Page 284
On the uniqueness of numerical solutions of shear failure of deep concrete beams: Comparison of smeared and discrete crack appro......Page 294
Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Fiber reinforced concrete (LDPM-F) with application to the numerical simulation of armoring......Page 304
Nonlocal damage based failure models, extraction of crack opening and transition to fracture......Page 314
Convergence aspects of the eXtended Finite Element Method applied to linear elastic fracture mechanics......Page 322
Applicability of XFEM for the representation of crack bridge state in planar composite elements......Page 332
Localization properties of damage models......Page 340
Numerical multiscale solution strategy for fracturing of concrete......Page 350
A 3D lattice model to describe fracture process in fibrous concrete......Page 360
Limit analysis of 3D reinforced concrete frames......Page 368
The role of domain decomposition techniques for the study of heterogeneous quasi-brittle materials......Page 376
Modelling cohesive crack growth applying XFEM with crack geometry parameters......Page 386
Strong discontinuities, mixed finite element formulations and localized strain injection, in fracture modeling of quasi-brittle......Page 394
Model for the analysis of structural concrete elements under plane stress conditions: Finite element implementation......Page 404
A partition of unity finite element method for fibre reinforced concrete......Page 414
A discrete cracking model for sequentially linear analysis......Page 422
Relations between structure size, mesh density, and elemental strength of lattice models......Page 432
Time-dependent and multi physics phenomena......Page 442
Prediction of the permeability of damaged concrete using a combined lattice beam-crack network approach......Page 444
Modelling the CaO hydration in expansive concrete......Page 454
A two-scale approach for fluid flow in fracturing porous media......Page 464
A probabilistic approach for modelling long-term behaviour and creep failure of a concrete structure subjected to calcium leachi......Page 474
A coupled transport-crystallization FE model for porous media......Page 484
A numerical model for early age concrete behavior......Page 494
Hygro-mechanical model for concrete specimens at the meso-level: Application to drying shrinkage......Page 500
Comparison of approaches for simulating moisture content changes in concrete......Page 510
transport in intact and cracked concrete in the context of corrosion predictions of RC structures......Page 516
C......Page 526
Modelling of the THM behaviour of concrete at the macroscopic and mesoscopic scale......Page 532
Application of enhanced elasto-plastic damage models to concrete under quasi-static and dynamic cyclic loading......Page 542
Propagation of cracks and damage in non ageing linear viscoelastic media......Page 550
Micromechanical modelling of concrete......Page 560
3D finite element analysis of concrete under impact load......Page 566
Investigation into the form of the load-induced thermal strain model......Page 576
Development of service life model CHLODIF++......Page 586
Modelling of concrete structures......Page 592
Some remarks concerning the shear failure in prestressed RC beams......Page 594
Verification of experimental tests on roller bearings by means of numerical simulations......Page 604
Numerical crack modelling of tied concrete columns......Page 608
Numerical study of a massive reinforced concrete structure at early age: Prediction of the cracking risk of a massive wall......Page 616
Numerical modelling of failure mechanisms and redistribution effects in steel fibre reinforced concrete slabs......Page 624
Transverse rebar affecting crack behaviors of R.C. members subjected to bending......Page 636
A numerical method for RC-boxgirders under combined shear bending and torsion......Page 642
Computation of optimal concrete reinforcement in three dimensions......Page 652
Sequentially linear modelling of local snap-back in extremely brittle structures......Page 660
Simulation of masonry beams retrofitted with engineered cementitious composites......Page 668
Setting and loading process simulation of Push-in anchor for concrete......Page 678
Nonlinear FE modelling of shear behaviour in RC beam retrofitted with CFRP......Page 684
Material optimization for textile reinforced concrete applying a damage formulation......Page 692
A multifibre approach to describe the ultimate behaviour of corroded reinforced concrete structures......Page 702
Simulation of shear load behavior of fifty year old post-tensioned concrete bridge girders......Page 712
Multi-scale modelling of concrete beams subjected to three-point bending......Page 716
Experimental and numerical analysis of reinforced concrete corbels strengthened with fiber reinforced polymers......Page 724
Computational modeling of the behaviour up to failure of innovative prebended steel-VHPC beams for railway bridges......Page 732
Numerical investigations of size effects in notched and un-notched concrete beams under bending......Page 742
FE modeling and fiber modeling for RC column failing in shear after flexural yielding......Page 750
Numerical simulation and experimental testing of a new bridge strengthening method......Page 762
Failure studies on masonry infill walls: Experimental and computational observations......Page 770
Numerical study on mixed-mode fracture in LRC beams......Page 780
Hazards, risk and safety (fire, blast, seismicity)......Page 786
Numerical investigation of damage and spalling in concrete exposed to fire......Page 788
Numerical simulation of slender structures with integrated dampers......Page 798
Textile reinforced concrete sandwich panels: Bending tests and numerical analyses......Page 802
Structural behavior of tunnels under fire loading including spalling and load induced thermal strains......Page 810
Numerical assessment of the failure mode of RC columns subjected to fire......Page 818
Ultimate load analysis of a reactor safety containment structure......Page 828
Author index......Page 834