Valentina Salomoni1,*, Gianluca Mazzucco1, Giovanna Xotta1, Riccardo Fincato1, Beatrice Pomaro1, Nico De Marchi1, Jiangkun Zhang1, Caterina Biscaro1, Alberto Antonini1
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.31, No.2, pp. 1-2, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012130
Abstract Building materials such as concrete cement or concrete asphalt are highly heterogeneous composite materials that are often addressed as homogeneous media when a sufficiently large Representative Elementary Volume (REV) definition of the compound is accepted. Adopting a homogenous approach in the material behaviour modeling typically fails to elucidate the interaction between the various material phases. Recently, a meso-scale approach has emerged, enabling the study of composite/conglomerate materials within the REV volume, thereby making the principal material components explicit. At this scale, local interactions between inclusions and matrix are captured, revealing the presence of complex triaxial… More >