ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: The overall mechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials is strongly conditioned by their micro-structural details. This paper introduces a multi-scale modeling approach for concrete-like composites. Besides its adequacy for the homogenization of concrete-like material structures, it is capable of representing the randomness of the corresponding overall continuum mechanical variables, based on local homogenization. It is demonstrated how the randomness of macroscopic concrete-characteristics can be controlled. Associated parameters are derived.
