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Nanoparticle simulations of logarithmic creep and microprestress relaxation in concrete and other disordered solids
Enrico Masoero, Giovanni Di Luzio
Bažant's microprestress theory relates the logarithmic basic creep of concrete to power-law relaxation of heterogeneous eigenstresses at the nanoscale. However, the link between ma…
Coarse-graining in time with the Functional Renormalisation Group: Relaxation in Brownian Motion
Ashley Wilkins, Gerasimos Rigopoulos, Enrico Masoero
We apply the functional Renormalisation Group (fRG) to study relaxation in a stochastic process governed by an overdamped Langevin equation with one degree of freedom, exploiting t…
Functional Renormalisation Group for Brownian Motion I: The Effective Equations of Motion
Ashley Wilkins, Gerasimos Rigopoulos, Enrico Masoero
We use the functional Renormalisation Group (fRG) to describe the in and out of equilibrium dynamics of stochastic processes, governed by an overdamped Langevin equation. Exploitin…
C-S-H gel densification: the impact of the nanoscale on self desiccation and sorption isotherms
Enrico Masoero, Gianluca Cusatis, Giovanni Di Luzio
The relationship between humidity and water content in a hydrating cement paste is largely controlled by the nanostructure of the C-S-H gel. Current hydration models do not describ…
Capillary stress and structural relaxation in moist granular materials
Tingtao Zhou, Katerina Ioannidou, Enrico Masoero +3
We propose a theoretical framework to calculate capillary stresses in complex mesoporous materials, such as moist sand, nanoporous hydrates, and drying colloidal films. Molecular s…
Progressive Collapse Mechanisms of Brittle and Ductile Framed Structures
Enrico Masoero, Falk K. Wittel, Hans J. Herrmann +1
In this paper, we study the progressive collapse of 3D framed structures made of reinforced concrete after the sudden loss of a column. The structures are represented by elasto-pla…