Print Email Facebook Twitter Two scale models for fracture behaviours of cementitious materials subjected to static and cyclic loadings Title Two scale models for fracture behaviours of cementitious materials subjected to static and cyclic loadings Author Gan, Yidong (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) Liang, M. (TU Delft Materials and Environment) Schlangen, E. (TU Delft Materials and Environment) van Breugel, K. (TU Delft Materials and Environment) Šavija, B. (TU Delft Materials and Environment) Date 2024 Abstract This study employs a lattice fracture model to simulate static and fatigue fracture behaviour of Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) at microscale and mortar at mesoscale. The heterogeneous microstructure of ITZ and mesostructure of mortar are explicitly considered in the models. The initial step involves calibrating and validating the microscopic model of the ITZ through micro-cantilever bending tests. Subsequently, this validated ITZ model serves as a constitutive law to simulate the fracture behavior of mortar at the mesoscale using an uncoupled upscaling method. The influence of microstructural features, such as w/c ratio and microscopic roughness, on the fracture behaviour of ITZ is investigated. Moreover, the effect of ITZ properties and stress level on the fracture performance and fatigue damage evolution of mortar is also studied. The simulation results for both the ITZ and mortar demonstrate good agreement with experimental results. The proposed two models provide insights into the fracture mechanisms and fatigue damage evolution in cementitious materials subjected to static and cyclic loadings. Subject Cementitious materialFatigueInterfacial transition zoneLattice modelling To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:41e267ff-1450-416d-902d-64163cd2732c DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136107 ISSN 0950-0618 Source Construction and Building Materials, 426 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2024 Yidong Gan, M. Liang, E. Schlangen, K. van Breugel, B. Šavija Files PDF 1-s2.0-S0950061824012480-main.pdf 12.89 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:41e267ff-1450-416d-902d-64163cd2732c/datastream/OBJ/view