Multiscale Analysis of Cement Composites

Iwona Pokorska; Mariusz Poński; Tadeusz Burczyński

doi:10.24423/cames.2024.1770

Iwona Pokorska Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences and Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-0315
Mariusz Poński Institute of Fundamental Technological Research http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-0930
Tadeusz Burczyński Institute of Fundamental Technological Research http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-3003

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24423/cames.2024.1770

Abstract

This paper is devoted to multiscale modeling of cement composites. The need for such an approach is due to the heterogeneous complex internal structure of the composite. A multiscale model of the composite was built and the results of computer simulations for the adopted parameters of the microstructure of the composite were presented, enabling a more detailed analysis of its mechanical and structural properties.

Keywords

multiscale modeling, analysis of heterogeneity of cement composite structure, computer simulations,

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