Cover -- Damage Mechanics of Cementitious Materials and Structures -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Bottom-Up: From Atoms to Concrete Structures -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A realistic molecular model for calcium-silicatehydrates -- 1.2.1. Background -- 1.2.2. Molecular properties of C-S-H -- 1.2.3. From molecular properties to C-S-H microtexture -- 1.3. Probing C-S-H microtexture by nanoindentation -- 1.3.1. Does particle shape matter? -- 1.3.2. Implementation for back analysis of packing density distributions -- 1.3.3. Functionalized properties: nanogranular origin of concrete creep -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 1.5. Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Poromechanics of Saturated Isotropic Nanoporous Materials -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Results from molecular simulations -- 2.3. Poromechanical model -- 2.3.1. Nomenclature and definitions -- 2.3.2. Effective pore pressure -- 2.3.3. Thermodynamical equilibrium condition -- 2.3.4. Constitutive equation of the effective pore pressure -- 2.3.5. Effect on the volumetric strain -- 2.3.6. Effect on the permeability -- 2.4. Adsorption-induced swelling and permeability change in nanoporous materials -- 2.4.1. Comparison with data by Day et al. -- 2.4.2. Comparison with data by Ottiger et al. -- 2.4.3. Variation of effective permeability -- 2.5. Discussion - interaction energy and entropy -- 2.6. Conclusions -- 2.7. Acknowledgments -- 2.8. Bibliography -- Chapter 3. Stress-based Non-local Damage Model -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Non-local damage models -- 3.2.1. Continuum damage theory -- 3.2.2. Original integral non-local approach -- 3.2.3. Non-local integral method based on stress state -- 3.2.4. Numerical implementation -- 3.3. Initiation of failure -- 3.4. Bar under traction -- 3.4.1. Global behavior -- 3.4.2. Mechanical quantities in the FPZ.

3.4.3. Crack opening estimation -- 3.5. Description of the cracking evolution in a 3PBT of a concrete notched beam -- 3.5.1. Global behavior -- 3.5.2. Cracking analysis -- 3.6. Conclusions -- 3.7. Acknowledgments -- 3.8. Bibliography -- Chapter 4. Discretization of Higher Order Gradient Damage Models Using Isogeometric Finite Elements -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Isotropic damage formulation -- 4.2.1. Constitutive modeling -- 4.2.2. Implicit gradient damage formulation -- 4.3. Isogeometric finite elements -- 4.3.1. Univariate B-splines and NURBS -- 4.3.2. Multivariate B-splines and NURBS -- 4.3.3. Isogeometric finite-element discretization -- 4.4. Numerical simulations -- 4.4.1. One-dimensional rod loaded in tension -- 4.4.2. Three-point bending beam -- 4.5. Conclusions -- 4.6. Acknowledgments -- 4.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 5. Macro and Mesoscale Models to Predict Concrete Failure and Size Effects -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Experimental procedure -- 5.2.1. Material, specimens and test rig descriptions -- 5.2.2. Experimental results -- 5.2.3. Size effect analysis -- 5.3. Numerical simulations -- 5.3.1. Macroscale modeling -- 5.3.2. Mesoscale modeling approach -- 5.3.3. Analysis of three-point bending tests -- 5.4. Conclusions -- 5.5. Acknowledgments -- 5.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 6. Statistical Aspects of Quasi-Brittle Size Effect and Lifetime, with Consequences for Safety and Durability of Large Structures -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Type-I size effect derived from atomistic fracture mechanics -- 6.2.1. Strength distribution of one RVE -- 6.2.2. Size effect on mean structural strength -- 6.3. Size effect on structural lifetime -- 6.4. Consequences of ignoring Type-2 size effect -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. Acknowledgments -- 6.7. Bibliography.

Chapter 7. Tertiary Creep: A Coupling Between Creep and Damage - Application to the Case of Radioactive Waste Disposal -- 7.1. Introduction to tertiary creep -- 7.2. Modeling of tertiary creep using a damage model coupled to creep -- 7.2.1. Creep model -- 7.2.2. Damage model -- 7.2.3. Coupling between damage and creep -- 7.3. Comparison with experimental results -- 7.4. Application to the case of nuclear waste disposal -- 7.4.1. Leaching of concrete -- 7.4.2. Coupled mechanical and chemical damage -- 7.4.3. Chemical damage -- 7.4.4. Example of application: creep coupled to leaching -- 7.4.5. Probabilistic effects -- 7.5. Conclusions -- 7.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 8. Study of Damages and Risks Related to Complex Industrial Facilities -- 8.1. Context -- 8.2. Introduction to risk management -- 8.3. Case study: computation process -- 8.3.1. Identifying the owner's issues -- 8.3.2. Simplifying the system -- 8.3.3. Choosing the best models -- 8.3.4. Defining the most realistic load boundaries -- 8.4. Application -- 8.4.1. Deformed structure after impact -- 8.4.2. Damage variables of concrete -- 8.4.3. Analysis of results -- 8.5. Conclusion -- 8.6. Acknowledgment -- 8.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 9. Measuring Earthquake Damages to a High Strength Concrete Structure -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Overview of the selected testing methods -- 9.3. Two-storey HPC building -- 9.4. Inducing damage - pseudo-dynamic testing procedures -- 9.4.1. Input ground motion -- 9.4.2. Earthquake responses -- 9.5. Evaluating damage - forced vibration testing procedures -- 9.5.1. Frequency responses -- 9.6. Damage detection - analytical evaluation -- 9.6.1. Modal analysis -- 9.6.2. Finite-element model -- 9.6.3. Model updating -- 9.6.4. Regularization -- 9.6.5. Results -- 9.7. Summary and conclusions -- 9.8. Bibliography -- List of Authors -- Index.