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Damage cluster distributions in numerical concrete at the mesoscale

Yilmaz, Okan  
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Derlet, Peter Michael
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Molinari, Jean-François  
2017
Physical Review E

We investigate the size distribution of damage clusters in concrete under uniaxial tension loading conditions. Using the finite-element method, the concrete is modeled at the mesoscale by a random distribution of elastic spherical aggregates within an elastic mortar paste. The propagation and coalescence of damage zones are then simulated by means of dynamically inserted cohesive elements. Dynamic failure analysis shows that the size distribution of damage clusters follows a power law when a system spanning cluster is first observed, with an exponent close to that of percolation theory. This is found for a range of selected mesostructural parameters, material defects and applied strain rates. In all cases, the system spanning cluster occurs prior to the onset of local decohesion, a regime of crack nucleation and propagation, and eventual material failure. The resulting fully damaged crack surfaces after failure are found to be only weakly correlated with the percolated damage region structures.

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