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Influence of aggregate deformation and contact behaviour on discrete particle modelling of fracture of concrete by Azevedo, N. Monteiro, Lemos, J.V., de Almeida, J. Rocha

“…The discrete element method, DEM, has been used in fracture studies of non-homogeneous continuous media adopting circular or spherical particles. A 2D circular…”
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A discrete particle model for reinforced concrete fracture analysis by Azevedo, N. Monteiro, Lemos, J.V., Almeida, J.R.

“…The Discrete Element Method adopting particles for the domain discretization has recently been adopted in fracture studies of non-homogeneous continuous media…”
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A Rigid Particle Model for Rock Fracture Following the Voronoi Tessellation of the Grain Structure: Formulation and Validation by Monteiro Azevedo, N., Candeias, M., Gouveia, F.

“…It is known that rigid circular particle models proposed in the literature do not properly reproduce the rock friction angle and the rock tensile strength to…”
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A generalized rigid particle contact model for fracture analysis by Azevedo, N. Monteiro, Lemos, J. V.

“…Rigid particle models taking directly into consideration the physical mechanisms and the influence of the material meso‐structure have recently been developed…”
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A discrete particle model for reinforced concrete fracture analysis by Azevedo, N. Monteiro, Lemos, J.V, Almeida, J.R

“…The Discrete Element Method adopting particles for the domain discretization has recently been adopted in fracture studies of non-homogeneous continuous media…”
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Dam and wet-screened concrete creep in compression: in situ experimental results and creep strains prediction using model B3 and composite models by Serra, C., Batista, A. L., Monteiro Azevedo, N.

“…This paper proposes a methodology for the prediction of the compressive creep strains of dam concrete based on wet-screened experimental results at constant…”
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Hybrid discrete element/finite element method for fracture analysis by Azevedo, N. Monteiro, Lemos, J.V.

“…The discrete element method DEM has been used in fracture mechanics studies of heterogeneous media, for example plain concrete. One of the current limitations…”
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Aggregate shape influence on the fracture behaviour of concrete by Azevedo, N.Monteiro, Lemos, J.V.

“…The Discrete Element Method, DEM, is increasingly used in fracture studies of non-homogeneous continuous media, such as rock and concrete. A 2D circular rigid…”
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