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It is commonly accepted that there is a size effect on the nominal resistances of quasi-brittle materials such as cementitious materials. This effect must be taken...

A numerical modeling of high concrete face rockfill dam (CFRD) has been considered in order to better understand the pathology of cracks observed in the recently...

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The lack of cristalline structure in metallic glasses suggests that no mechanical size effect could be expected. However, if the sample size decreases, a transition...

In this work, we study the mechanical behaviour of crushable granular materials under quasi-static loading. It is well known that the higher the breakage ratio, the...