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Special Issue "Modeling and Analysis of Damage and Failure of Concrete-Like, Brittle and Quasi-Brittle Materials (Second Volume)"

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2024 | Viewed by 508

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College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Interests: computational mechanics; damage and fracture; peridynamics; fluid–structure interaction; multi-scale modeling; multiphysics analysis; concrete materials and structures; functionally graded materials; data-driven analysis
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School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: computational mechanics; dynamics behavior of materials; peridynamics; fluid–structure interaction algorithm; multi-scale finite element method; extreme mechanical behavior and modeling of materials
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School of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: computational mechanics; damage and fracture; peridynamics; cement-based composites; multi-scale modeling; micromechanics; functionally graded materials
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Dr. Liwei Wu
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College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Interests: peridynamics; concrete failure; numerical modeling; dynamic fracture
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Modeling and analysis of damage and failure of materials and structures is an active and persistent challenge in computational mechanics, materials, and various scientific and industrial fields. This Special Issue provides an informative and stimulating forum to enhance academic communications on this challenging topic, focusing on the development and applications of computational theories, numerical and experimental methods, models, and algorithms for modeling and analyzing damage and failure of concrete-like, brittle, and quasi-brittle materials and structures.

Potential topics include—but are not limited to—failure mechanisms and experimental and numerical analyses of concrete-like, brittle, and quasi-brittle materials and structures; multi-scale models and methods for deformation and failure analysis; fluid–structure interaction; concrete corrosion; durability of concrete-like materials and structures; thermomechanical coupling and other multi-physics fracture modeling; dynamic fracture studies; numerical methods and approaches for damage and failure modeling; and data-driven computational mechanics and modeling.

Prof. Dr. Dan Huang
Prof. Dr. Lisheng Liu
Prof. Dr. Zhanqi Cheng
Dr. Liwei Wu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • concrete-like materials and structures
  • quasi-brittle materials
  • damage and failure
  • dynamic behavior
  • experimental analysis
  • numerical methods
  • multi-scale modeling
  • multi-physics modeling
  • corrosion
  • durability

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Green Thermal Aggregates: Influence of the Physical Properties of Recycled Aggregates with Phase Change Materials
Materials 2023, 16(18), 6267; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16186267 - 18 Sep 2023
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Increasing construction and demolition waste (CDW) and the large amount of energy consumption in the building operation process are high-profile issues at present. In the construction industry, recycled aggregated (RA) from CDW can be reutilized in construction, along with green materials, for example, [...] Read more.
Increasing construction and demolition waste (CDW) and the large amount of energy consumption in the building operation process are high-profile issues at present. In the construction industry, recycled aggregated (RA) from CDW can be reutilized in construction, along with green materials, for example, as a road base layer, as aggregate in concrete, etc. Phase change materials (PCM) are often used as building materials due to their good latent heat storage properties. With the use of RA as a matrix to absorb PCM, a thermal performance aggregate can be obtained. This work studied the physical properties of RA from Portugal and combined PCM with RA to prepare a green thermal aggregate through two methodologies using a vacuum and atmospheric pressure. The green aggregate was used in concrete to observe its effect on the compressive strength of concrete. The results showed that the amount of PCM absorbed by the RA mainly depends on the porosity of the matrix material. At the same time, the volume expansion coefficient of PCM was 2.7%, which was not enough to destroy the RA. Ultimately, as the amount of green thermal aggregate increases, the compressive strength of concrete decreases. Green thermal aggregate prepared under vacuum conditions has a greater negative impact on the compressive strength of concrete. Full article
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