Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures

N. Bicanic, University of Glasgow, UK. R. de Borst, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. H. Mang, Vienna University of Technology, Austria. G. Meschke, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

• Foreword; Computational advances and multiscale modelling; Keynote paper: Discrete vs smeared crack models for concrete fracture: bridging the gap ; Keynote paper: Models and algorithms for localized failure; A new approach to strong embedded discontinuities; A dynamically consistent gradient model derived from a discrete microstructure: higher-order stiffness and higher-order inertia; A micromechanical approach to the strength criterion of composite materials; Computational strategies for time-dependent behaviour of ECC; Multiscale modelling of granular materials; Investigations on crack propagation in reinforced concrete structures; Analysis of concrete fracture using a heterogeneous continuum model; Strong discontinuity modeling of cracking in concrete; A computational approach for three-dimensional probabilistic discrete cracking in concrete; Adaptive simulation of quasibrittle failure; Description of thermo-mechanical behaviour of reinforced concrete; Combined damage-plasticity models for discontinuous fracture; Combined continuous/discontinuous failure of cementitious composites; Ductility assessment of HP2C structures: from material modeling to model-based structural simulation; Modeling of static multi-cracking fracture processes in concrete; Constitutive modelling; Modelling of multiphysics phenomena and time effects; Modelling of structural performance; Modelling of seismic and cyclic behaviour; Author Index.