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Dear all,

A member of our research group at TU Delft has recently published a paper entitled "A 3D Lattice Modelling Study of Drying Shrinkage Damage in Concrete Repair Systems" in the Materials journal. The paper is published as open access and the full text can be found at: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/7/575.

Mladena Lukovic of Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) has successfully defended her thesis dealing with mechanics and physics of concrete repair systems on 6th of January. Her thesis can be downloaded at http://repository.tudelft.nl/view/ir/uuid:28b07d9b-c704-47fa-9ba3-cd9fde... , and is of interest to everyone dealing with discrete modelling and micromechanical testing of cementitious and other quasi-brittle materials.

Branko

The RILEM Multi-scale Modelling Course for Concrete (MMC2) provides the opportunity for participants to become familiar with modelling cementitious materials at four different levels of detail. Different ways of schematization and numerical approaches are considered to simulate the chemical, physical and mechanical behaviour of cementitious materials.

Dear all,

We recently publsihed a study on modeling rapid chloride migration in concrete using the lattice modeling approach. Registered subscribers can view the article at:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008884614000799

We appreciate any comments or suggestions.

 Regards 

Hi all,

Dear all,

 Our paper titled "Cracking of the concrete cover due to reinforcement corrosion: A two-dimensional lattice model study"
 has just been published in Construction and Building Materials. It deals with numerical modelling of cracking of the concrete cover as a consequence of reinforcement corrosion, based on the Delft lattice model framework. Registered subscribers can download the article at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061813002730

A paper titled "Traffic-induced vibrations of frame structures" (Marija Nefovska Danilovic, Mira Petronijevic, Branko Šavija), related to Branko Šavija's diploma thesis work, has been published in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.

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Dear all,

Proceedings of the V International PhD workshop dealing with durability of concrete, which was held in Finland in February, have been published. The publication is available for free download at:  http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/technology/2012/T65.pdf . Many interesting and innovative topic, dealing both with experimental and numerical research of concrete durability, are presented.

Dear all,

On Thursday, the M3C4 is presenting their results in the "Betondag" (Concrete day), an annual meeting of everyone in the Netherlands and beyond, who deals with concrete, from mechanicians to contractors! More details are available on www.betonvereniging.nl. As always, expect news on our official project blog: http://microlab-m3c4.blogspot.nl/ .

Cheers! 

Dear all,

 Today Prof. Erik Schlangen will be giving a presentation about the current development of the self-healing asphalt. It will take place at 12:18 Amsterdam time, and will be streamed online on: http://www.tedxdelft.nl/livestream/ Don't miss it! More details on: http://pat-asr.blogspot.nl/2012/10/erik-schlangen-in-tedx-talks.html

Dear all,

 Today our colleague Zhiwei Qian defended his PhD thesis titled: Multiscale modeling of fracture processes in cementitious material. We would like to congratulate Dr Qian on achieving this. The full thesis is available for download at: http://repository.tudelft.nl/view/ir/uuid:734b276c-283a-4f7a-8db2-a18445...

For furher news on our project, follow our blog at: http://microlab-m3c4.blogspot.nl

Regards,

New experiments on cracking and corrosion of steel in concrete performed by the M3C4 team. More details at http://microlab-m3c4.blogspot.nl/

Cheers!

Hi all,

Some news are available at our project blog, check them out at:  http://microlab-m3c4.blogspot.nl/

Regards,

Branko

Hi all,

The blog has been updated with news on the M3C4 participation in the 2nd International conference on Microstructure related durability of cementitious composites in Amsterdan. Check it out on:  microlab-m3c4.blogspot.com

 Cheers!

Hi all,

I am a PhD researcher working on relationship between cracking of concrete and its durability, using both experimental and numerical approaches. The work is being carried out at Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands. For anyone interested, here is the webpage of the project:

microlab-m3c4.blogspot.com

Please feel free to send us any comments, suggestions, and possible collaboration proposals using the contact details provided on the website.

 Branko