Constitutive Modeling of Early-Age Concrete by a Stochastic Multi-scale Method
S. Liu1, X. Liu2,3, Y. Yuan2, H. A. Mang4
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.100, No.3, pp. 157-200, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.100.157
Abstract A nonlinear viscoelastic constitutive model for early age concrete is presented in this paper. In this model, time-dependent properties, such as the elastic modulus, and thermal and autogenous shrinkage deformations, are computed by a stochastic multi-scale method, in which three different scales are specified according to the requirement of separation of scales, and different scales are linked by means of the asymptotic expansion theory with the help of specific representative volume elements (RVE). Thus, a cross-scale research from the cement paste to the macro structure of concrete is realized, and performance-based optimization of cement-based materials becomes possible. The developed constitutive… More >
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