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    • A computational multiscale homogenization framework accounting for inertial effects: application to acoustic metamaterials modelling 

      Roca Cazorla, David; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Cante Terán, Juan Carlos; Oliver Olivella, Xavier (2018-03)
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      A framework, based on an extended Hill–Mandel principle accounting for inertial effects (Multiscale Virtual Work principle), is developed for application to acoustic problems in the context of metamaterials modelling. The ...
    • A domain decomposition approach to multiscale analysis for structures with softening materials 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Rixen, Daniel J.; Simone, Angelo; Sluys, Lambertus J. (2009)
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      In this contribution we present a domain decomposition framework for the multiscale analysis of softening materials. In particular we focus on the finite element tearing and interconnecting (FETI) technique implemented in ...
    • Advanced numerical techniques for modeling tensile crack propagation in gravity dams 

      Dias, I.F.; Oliver Olivella, Xavier; Lemos, J.V.; Lloberas Valls, Oriol (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015)
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      Cracks propagating deep inside gravity dams can seriously affect their structural safety. Due to the potential catastrophic scenarios associated to the collapse of large concrete dams, it is a fundamental issue to ...
    • Applications of domain decomposition techniques for the multiscale modeling of softening materials 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Rixen, Daniel J.; Simone, Angelo; Sluys, Lambertus J. (2009)
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      In this contribution we describe a methodology for the study of softening brittle materials at different scales of observation. The goal is to account for a higher resolution at those areas that undergo the non-linear ...
    • Computational design of locally resonant acoustic metamaterials 

      Roca Cazorla, David; Yago Llamas, Daniel; Cante Terán, Juan Carlos; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Oliver Olivella, Xavier (2019-03)
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      The so-called Locally Resonant Acoustic Metamaterials (LRAM) are considered for the design of specifically engineered devices capable of stopping waves from propagating in certain frequency regions (bandgaps), this making ...
    • Computational homogenization for multiscale crack modeling: implementational and computational aspects 

      Nguyen, Vinh Phu; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Sluys, Lambertus J.; Stroeven, Martijn (John Wiley & sons, 2012-01)
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      A computational homogenization procedure for cohesive and adhesive crack modeling of materials with a heterogeneous microstructure has been recently presented in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2010, ...
    • Computational material design for acoustic cloaking 

      Méndez, Carlos Alberto; Podestá, J.M.; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Toro, Sebastian; Huespe, Alfredo Edmundo; Oliver Olivella, Xavier (John Wiley & Sons, 2017-12)
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      A topology optimization technique based on the topological derivative and the level set function is utilized to design/synthesize the micro-structure of a pentamode material for an acoustic cloaking device. The technique ...
    • Concurrent multiscale analysis of heterogeneous materials 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Everdij, Frank P. X.; Rixen, Daniel J.; Simone, Angelo; Sluys, Lambertus J. (Vienna University of Technology, 2012)
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      Concurrent multiscale analysis of quasi-brittle heterogeneous materials such as concrete and rock is conducted employing non-overlapping domain decomposition techniques. Initially, a coarse discretization with effective ...
    • Crack path field and strain injection techniques in dynamic fracture simulations 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Huespe, Alfredo Edmundo; Oliver Olivella, Xavier; Dias, I.F. (2016)
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      Dynamic fracture phenomena are studied employing low cost computational tools based on Finite Elements with Embedded strong discontinuities (E-FEM). Fracture nucleation and propagation are accounted for through the injection ...
    • Domain decomposition and parallel direct solvers as an adaptive multiscale strategy for damage simulation in materials 

      Everdij, Frank P. X.; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Simone, Angelo; Rixen, Daniel J.; Sluys, Lambertus J. (Springer, 2016)
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      Understanding physical phenomena of heterogeneous materials is an ongoing active research field in the structural design of buildings and roads. The failure analysis of quasi-brittle materials such as concrete is a particular ...
    • Educating XXIst century civil engineers in Barcelona 

      Turmo Coderque, José; Estela Carbonell, M. Rosa; Chacón Flores, Rolando Antonio; Gironella Cobos, Xavier; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Oliver Olivella, Xavier; Poblet-Puig, Jordi; Puigví Burniol, Maria Àngels; Valls del Barrio, Susanna; Díez, Pedro (2017)
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      The educational programs of Civil Engineering schools have evolved to adapt to changes in society demands and regulations. Specifically, Civil Engineering curricula in Spain was highly impacted by the Bolonia Declaration ...
    • Enhanced domain decomposition techniques for the modeling of softening materials 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Rixen, Daniel J.; Simone, Angelo; Sluys, Lambertus J.; Stroeven, Martijn (2009)
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      In this study a FETI: Finite Element Tearing and Interconnecting [1] technique is adopted and exploited for the efficient and accurate modeling of softening materials such as concrete and rock. A fie scale analysis in which ...
    • Experimental and numerical assessment of local resonance phenomena in 3D-printed acoustic metamaterials 

      Roca Cazorla, David; Pàmies Gómez, Teresa; Cante Terán, Juan Carlos; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Oliver Olivella, Xavier (2020-04)
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      The so called Locally Resonant Acoustic Metamaterials (LRAM) are a new kind of artificially engineered materials capable of attenuating acoustic waves. As the name suggests, this phenomenon occurs in the vicinity of internal ...
    • High performance reduction technique for multiscale finite element modeling (HPR-FE2): towards industrial multiscale FE software 

      Raschi Schaw, Marcelo; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Huespe, Alfredo Edmundo; Oliver Olivella, Xavier (2021-03)
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      The authors have shown in previous contributions that reduced order modeling with optimal cubature applied to finite element square (FE) techniques results in a reliable and affordable multiscale approach, the HPR-FE2 ...
    • High-performance model order reduction techniques in non-linear multiscale fracture problems 

      Caicedo Silva, Manuel Alejandro; Oliver Olivella, Xavier; Huespe, Alfredo Edmundo; Lloberas Valls, Oriol (2017)
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      In this work presents a strategy to diminish the computational cost of a hierarchical (FE2) multi-scale computational homogenization approach for fracture problems is presented. Focusing on concepts as Reduced Order Modeling ...
    • Homogenization-based multiscale crack modelling: from micro-diffusive damage to macro-cracks 

      Nguyen, Vinh Phu; Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Stroeven, Martijn; Sluys, Lambertus J. (2011-02)
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      The existence of a representative volume element (RVE) for a class of quasi-brittle materials having a random heterogeneous microstructure in tensile, shear and mixed mode loading is demonstrated by deriving traction–separation ...
    • Implementation and assessment of a two-scale computational framework for softening materials 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol (2006)
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      The objective of this report is to introduce, implement and assess a two-scale FE technique for the mechanical study of heterogeneous quasi-brittle materials. Although the field of multi-scale analysis of structures is ...
    • Model Order Reduction in computational multiscale fracture mechanics 

      Caicedo Silva, Manuel Alejandro; Oliver Olivella, Xavier; Huespe, Alfredo Edmundo; Lloberas Valls, Oriol (2016-09)
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      Nowadays, the model order reduction techniques have become an intensive research eld because of the increasing interest in the computational modeling of complex phenomena in multi-physic problems, and its conse- quent ...
    • Modeling tensile crack propagation in concrete gravity dams via crack-path-field and strain injection techniques 

      Dias, I.F.; Oliver Olivella, Xavier; Lemos, J.V.; Lloberas Valls, Oriol (2016-03)
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      This work investigates tensile crack propagation in concrete gravity dams by using some recently developed numerical techniques (crack-path field and strain injection techniques). The work carefully addresses aspects related ...
    • Multi-scale modeling of softening materials 

      Lloberas Valls, Oriol; Simone, Angelo; Sluys, Lambertus J. (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM), 2008)
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      This paper presents an assessment of a two-scale framework for the study of softening materials such as concrete. The procedure is based on a hierarchical Finite Element (FE) scheme in which computations are performed both ...