Failure Process of Modeled Recycled Aggregate Concrete under Uniaxial Compression.
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- MDPI
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020, 13, (19), pp. 1-17
- Issue Date:
- 2020-09-29
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This paper investigates the failure processes of recycled aggregate concrete by a model test and numerical simulations. A micromechanical numerical modeling approach to simulate the progressive cracking behavior of the modeled recycled aggregate concrete, considering its actual meso-structures, is established based on the discrete element method (DEM). The determination procedure of contact microparameters is analyzed, and a series of microscopic contact parameters for different components of modeled recycled aggregate concrete (MRAC) is calibrated using nanoindentation test results. The complete stress-strain curves, cracking process, and failure pattern of the numerical model are verified by the experimental results, proving their accuracy and validation. The initiation, growth, interaction, coalescence of microcracks, and subsequent macroscopic failure of the MRAC specimen are captured through DEM numerical simulations and compared with digital image correlation (DIC) results. The typical cracking modes controlled by meso-structures of MRAC are concluded according to numerical observations. A parameter study indicates the dominant influence of the macroscopic mechanical behaviors from the shear strength of the interfacial transition zones (ITZs).
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