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Preliminary calibration of a phase-field model for cracks due to shrinkage in cement-based materials


Thursday, 12 Oct 2017; 14:10 - 14:30 in room 7.02

In Session:
MS08-2: Coupled Multi-field Problems in Porous-media Mechanics (Show complete Mini Symposium)
Thursday, 12 Oct 2017; 13:30 - 15:30 in room 7.02
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1st and presenting Author
Tuanny Cajuhi
Institute of Applied Mechanics
Technical University of Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
2nd Author
Pietro Lura
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing & Research
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, EMPA
Dübendorf, Switzerland
3rd Author
Laura De Lorenzis
Institute of Applied Mechanics
Technical University of Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany

Micro Abstract:
Shrinkage in cement-based materials can lead to early microcracking. The phenomenon is related to the change of volume at early states, which can lead to cracking if the medium is either internally or externally restrained. Objective of this work is to describe drying shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage in cementitious materials within the framework of poromechanics and phase-field modeling with special focus on crack initiation and evolution. A preliminary calibration of the material parameters is performed in this paper.

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